[quote=barnaby33]Phaster I vehemently disagree, it’s “self inflicted,” not “self inflected.”
We are about (at least in my area) to get a 25% rise in the price of water, not because of shortages, but just to fix our pipes. Dios mio I can’t imagine the usage charge increases that will come on top of that.
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infrastructure does not last forever AND infrastructure needs to be updated to keep water safe to drink
sigh,… people here in the USA have no clue what it is like to live w/ out a safe and abundant supply of water
I actually have a somewhat different take on the price of water since I’ve had the opportunity to travel in other parts of the world where there was not a safe and abundant supply of water
ever hear how fucked up Venezuela is???
the reason I mention Venezuela is because they have lots of oil reserves and really low gas prices ($0.02 USD/Liter)
point being the power that be don’t want to raise gas prices because this appeases the citizen’s enough to keep the politicians in power BUT the trade off is an economy that does not functional very good over all
sadly as I see things, seems politicians here in the USA do pretty much the same thing as politicians do in Venezuela,… simply stated politicians do their best to suppress the prices of various natural resources like gasoline and water, which keeps everyone happy for the short run,… BUT over the long run this really fucks things up
WRT to the issue of “self inflicted” wounds,… actually suppressing the prices of various natural resources like gasoline and water, keeps everyone happy for the short run,… BUT over the long run this really fucks things up,… an example is “aridity”
which is caused by Big-Ag wanting to make as much profit as possible in the short term
[quote=USGS] Irrigation accounted for most total withdrawals in the CRB [Colorado River Basin], excluding instream use for hydroelectric power and interbasin transfers, averaging 85 percent from 1985 to 2010.
ever consider looking at the economically suppressed gasoline and water price problem in terms of military command doctrine (when it come to fighting a war)???
since a picture is worth a 1000 words
…point I’m trying to make is, basically politicians, business interests and consumers all around the world are operating at the “tactical” level,… here everyone wants to try and lock in as much short term gains/profits as possible,… BUT few are pondering the “operations” level of of war AND essentially no one is considering the “strategic” (i.e. big picture) level of of war
when no one has the “strategic” (i.e. big picture) level of of war, it is impossible to win a war,… for example WRT the Colorado River Basin, which is the key water supply for 40+ million people, since politicians, business interests and consumers don’t want to give up their gains, there is a very real possibility than the water will be all used up (because no one will care and the water will flow from taps, up until the point there is no more water in Lake Powell, Lake Mead, Lake Mohave, etc.)
