We don’t need to do w/ less, and I don’t want to do with less, especially when we/I don’t have to.
Now you just sound like one of the scared old people in my HOA who don’t want change! We do need to do with less. The whole premise of this thread is that available sources of water are not running out in some distant unknowable future, they’re running out now. The investment and infrastructure necessary to rectify that for the present population is decades away, even if funded now.[/quote]
I love change, so I don’t know what you’re talking about. I have live through with much less, so I actually experience first hand what you’re asking for and I don’t want to go back there.
What I’m saying is drastic change from what we’re doing today. What you’re saying is no change. We’re doing exactly what you’re saying.
Also, it’s not realistic. We’re living longer, with advancement in medicine, that number will keep on increasing. We are also reproducing. So, even if we keep our living standard the same, our demand for those resources will increase due to population increase. It’s also not fair to expect our average living standard to be the same. I want poor people who someday enjoy the living standard that I do, so, naturally, that will increase the average living standard, which will increase the demand for resources.
So, I don’t see how we can lower demand in any meaningful way.
BTW, I reject the premise of this thread. The premise of this thread doesn’t make sense as I look at the Pacific Ocean and the desalination plant in Carlsbad and the solar and wind farms popping up everywhere. Not to mention nuclear. So, no, we’re not running out of water, not now, not ever.
