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- dougvfr750, on 06/16/2008, -0/+45Best way to save water.... shower with a friend
- CanIGetAWitness, on 06/16/2008, -1/+14Depending on the "friend", this can backfire as you might have to shower after "the shower".
Who am I kidding, this is digg, it won't backfire. - dtd00d, on 06/16/2008, -1/+13Except freshwater is hard to come by, while fresh bull is always abundant.
- lucy22, on 06/15/2008, -3/+14I have low flow shower heads, rain barrel collection, and try to conserve often. It is a lifestyle change when you make the decision to do it.
- dtd00d, on 06/16/2008, -1/+12I have friends who are vegetarian and vegan and there's a great philosophy behind it (sometimes), but a huge pain in the butt to accommodate them whenever we go somewhere to eat. Everyone will be all "hooray food!" and then vegetarians/vegans ruin all the fun with "is there dairy in this? Why is there beef in it?"
Don't get me wrong, they're great peolpe, but... ugh. - Owned1Up, on 06/16/2008, -1/+11I support water conservation in all ways except low flow shower heads. It feels like an animal is pissing on my shoulder.
- orlyfactor, on 06/16/2008, -2/+12FTA: 6. Rip out that lawn and replace it with a rain garden.
WTF is a rain garden? - linkdj, on 06/16/2008, -2/+10Dear Illinois,
***** you.
Signed,
Atlanta, GA - slvrbullet87, on 06/16/2008, -1/+9Dear Atlanta Georgia,
Will trade you water for sand bags.
Signed,
Illinois - 4degrees, on 06/16/2008, -0/+7here in (northern) colorado it is _ileagal_ to collect rain water. yes that is right, you have no rights to the water that falls on your house. how to we save water when we cant save water?
- orlyfactor, on 06/16/2008, -1/+7I can has it?
- Pstmann, on 06/16/2008, -0/+5Your missing one huge factor, back then there weren't 6-7 billion people on the planet diverting water resources and eating hundreds of tons of animal products a day. Granted there were many more carnivorous predators then but they didn't wash their cars or fill swimming pools.
- linagee, on 06/16/2008, -0/+5Desalination plants use energy too... More nuclear power ftw?
- secrity, on 06/16/2008, -1/+6I will worry about my 15 minute full flow showers and flushing my toilet after each use as soon as people stop watering lawns, filling fountains, filling pools, and hosing off driveways.
I used to have neighbors who would water their lawn and then bitch about $200 a month water bills. At the same time; I didn't water my lawn, took 15 minute showers, and my water bill was less than $20 a month. - MalsAU, on 06/16/2008, -1/+5One interesting tip that I heard (my family lives in the Nevada desert) is putting a bucket in your shower and let it collect some of the shower water. Then use that for watering plants or whatever.
- ricksite, on 06/16/2008, -0/+38. Install a tankless water heater.
I would install one if it weren't for the price. The unit itself is expensive but then you also have to add the cost of a stainless steel exhaust. If I knew I was going to stay in my current house for a long time, I would seriously consider getting one. - slvrbullet87, on 06/16/2008, -4/+7I live in Illinois, there is no shortage of water here right now. Actually our problem is way to much ***** water.
- Thrilltone, on 06/16/2008, -0/+3No it doesn't. It repels insects.
Not even bleach kills plants.
At a resort where my friend serviced the swimming pool,
the side of the pool filter enclosure where the water drained,
had by far, the thickest, lushest growth. - Ph34rb0t, on 06/16/2008, -0/+3shhh. Don't let them in on the fact that all their rice/soy/chick peas are harvested by children in 3rd world countries. Save the cows!
- nobodaddy, on 06/16/2008, -0/+3I've noticed there are quite a few commentators that indicated that they live in states with an abundance of water (at the moment anyway). This is another symptom of our water crisis. Many parts of the country will become drier while others will become wetter. Indiana will have more floods, California will have more droughts. It's my belief that regardless of where you live, you should try to conserve.
- TheOtherOne135, on 06/16/2008, -0/+2Last weekend, the guy next door washed (with detergent) his asphalt driveway and parking area . . . . Apparently, he wanted it to look clean for his little party, which he held in the parking area, underneath the porch. Not sure why he was so concerned about that area being clean if he was too embarrassed to take people through the house and onto the *porch*.
- Pstmann, on 06/16/2008, -1/+3don't vote for politicians who allow water companies to take your natural rights away is a good start.
- linagee, on 06/16/2008, -2/+4Bring on the tax incentives for water saving devices!
- kokoshka, on 06/16/2008, -5/+7Cheeseburger.
- thegreenspanput, on 06/16/2008, -5/+7peak water? I've now seen it all...
- philodygmn, on 06/16/2008, -0/+2Garden. Needs only the rain in ur area. Not rocket science.
- inactive, on 06/16/2008, -3/+5just wait, the green freaks are just getting started...
- philodygmn, on 06/16/2008, -0/+2As a raw vegan, I agree these people are being rude. If they know they're going somewhere that doesn't serve what they want, they can call ahead and ask about menu options, or eat beforehand and enjoy your company if the establishment won't let them eat what they bring. The priority is your friendship, not the venue.
- valour, on 06/16/2008, -2/+4Crappy article... non-specific advice, no good tips, and unrealistic expectations. Let the market adjust it for us with higher prices and shortages.
- katorga, on 06/16/2008, -0/+2Disperse cities and suburbs and mandate much more natural ground cover per property. Most rain water falling in heavily urban areas goes into a drain and never makes it back to the water table. If it makes it to the sea, it could 100's of years before it returns. The easiest solution is to have a cistern, collect rain water from your house and re-use it.
- valour, on 06/16/2008, -5/+7What's not to love? The weight gain from eating so much gluten and carbohydrates. A surprising number of people have gluten allergies and aren't even aware of it because it isn't always an extreme reaction. Grains = digestive hell for a lot of people.
And then there's the fact that so many people like me think that vegetables have no taste, an unpleasant consistency, and are hard to digest. Some of us are just not meant to eat a lot of plants. - inactive, on 06/16/2008, -0/+2 Peak water eh? Did anyone tell them this stuff evaporates and falls back out of the sky again? The real problem is peak people.
- Pstmann, on 06/16/2008, -0/+2Your an idiot, soap kills fish not plants.
- elvenrunelord, on 06/16/2008, -10/+11What many people don't realize is that there is really no shortage of water. what we have is a shortage of drinkable water that could be remedied by the creation of desalination planets and treatment plants to speed up the processing of temporarly polluted water. Many people don't realize that this planet used to have huge herds of animals roaming it and the whole planet was a animal farm. In fact it still is today. We do need to spread our farming out much more than it is and break it down into smaller farms the decrease the impact of the farming on any one area. But farming is not the problem with our water supplies. Don't get fooled into thinking there is a real water shortage here. I mean we are in a closed eco-system on this planet.....where would the water go?
- TheOtherOne135, on 06/16/2008, -0/+1I think that's simplistic. Get a lot of water, and it may solve dehydration-related problems. But it isn't going to prevent your allergies, or your arthritis, or your asthma. . . .
- prometheanspark, on 06/16/2008, -0/+1Farming is a big part of the 'problem'. Arid areas, such as the west, generally use most of the water that falls. In the case of California, 80% goes to agriculture. Since the climate is mild, in good times the water surplus is used to grow crops, but when rains slack off for a while a 'drought' is declared, which qualifies farmers for disaster aid in return for abandoning their crops. The US has a huge food production surplus so it's not like we will starve if farms in arid regions stop production during lean water times. That's a lot of margin, the farmers are just very vocal about their right to farm in the desert.
With 80% of the water going to agriculture that grows stuff in the desert, we're a loooong way from 'peak water'. The current situation is the oil equivalent of farmers getting 4c/gallon gas and burning 80% of the oil supply in pits in their orchards to heat them over the winter... - bincoder, on 06/16/2008, -0/+1Does this mean no more running of water from the faucet through a little turbine and down the sink to power my mp3 player, or saving on electricity in the winter by running the shower by itself in apartments that pay for the water but not for the electric heater? Darn!
- TheOtherOne135, on 06/16/2008, -0/+1Have you noticed that *after* it falls out of the sky again, it has to be run through a processing plant, cleaned up, and delivered to your house?
Have you noticed that in some parts of the country, not enough is falling out of the sky to keep the reservoirs as full as they should be? And that the levels are getting lower and lower? - slvrbullet87, on 06/16/2008, -5/+6What about the animals killed when the combine harvests plants for you to eat. That blood is on your hands
- inactive, on 06/16/2008, -5/+6Water and ***** are both renewable resources.
- MatthewDuke, on 06/16/2008, -1/+2Who else is there to care about? Do you care about me? Why?
- azurechaos, on 06/16/2008, -2/+3Yeah, just think about it: You have to grow an enormous amount of grains/feed for years to beef up animals that are going to eventually feed people, when we could just be eating the grains/produce in the first place.
- Gurette, on 06/16/2008, -0/+1Drinking water does definitely help... drinking water can fill you up, helping you to avoid over-eating.
- Gurette, on 06/16/2008, -1/+2Go veg! And stop buying bottled water!! You'll feel better AND save money!
- Thrilltone, on 06/16/2008, -0/+1I think we can see how isolated that effect is, by the glorious patch of healthy grass just over it?
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