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- Shadowdev, on 05/13/2008, -2/+152Well.. lets start wringing bunnies dry... Need to start harvesting that .6% of easily attainable water.
(I chose bunnies first cause they just seem like they would twist very well.)
[Don't think about it for to long... otherwise the image gets very grotesque] - DeskFlyer, on 05/13/2008, -1/+137It's not difficult, it's just expensive. And it is being done, Dubai and Tampa, FL being notable locations.
- Ryan166, on 05/14/2008, -14/+143I brush my teeth with the water on. Thats right, WITH THE WATER ON!!!!!
- MereLars, on 05/13/2008, -4/+110Clear visualisation! Water is getting more and more important. I think I'll buy some water stocks.
- Alphateam, on 05/13/2008, -8/+122Seriously...why is desalinization so difficult?
You can buy distilled water at stores...why can't that be done with sea water? - thelastcivilian, on 05/13/2008, -6/+84Means: In case of water shortage, melt the glaciers!
- chandan333, on 05/13/2008, -17/+90Means: Save it.
- badjoke, on 05/14/2008, -0/+60Why can't all graphs be this fun?
- Collins23, on 05/14/2008, -1/+57Gatoraaaaade
- bosssmiley, on 05/13/2008, -4/+56Nice snapshot, I didn't know 68+% of freshwater was in glaciers and icecaps.
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........................................_..........._,-%.......` - stonebear, on 05/14/2008, -2/+50I took the flow restrictor out of my shower head: 5 GALLONS A MINUTE BABY! YEEAAAH!
- GeoBjorn, on 05/13/2008, -5/+53so clearly we need to melt all those glaciers to get at all that fresh water... =P
- Danby123, on 05/14/2008, -0/+45In Dubai, the entire oceans are desalinated.
(The tourists like it better.) - PabloIV, on 05/14/2008, -0/+42Not only desalinated, but distilled and approved by professional water tasters from France.
- ArgusDrake, on 05/14/2008, -1/+42I don't see why you're being dugg down. You're technically correct. There's enough food in the world for everyone to enjoy a 3,000 calorie diet. The cause of starvation is the way the food is used and distributed.
In a similar way, water scarcity is only due to distribution; some places have plenty of fresh water, while some places don't. - rockefeller2, on 05/14/2008, -0/+34When I was in the Navy, I was responsible for turning seawater into drinkable water.
I AM GOD!!!!!!!!!! - inactive, on 05/14/2008, -0/+32Has anybody noticed that more and more, people are talking about Dubai just like immigrants used to talk about the U.S. a hundred years ago? Streets of gold, and all that.
- nullcodes, on 05/14/2008, -1/+39All water, sea water, pissed in water, etc. can be purified. Furthermore, water never gets used up, it just changes in purity (for example all the molecules of water you drink ends up back in the environment as piss or sweat or breath etc.). There is more than enough water on the earth for everyone's consumption.
Three things are the cause of problem
1. Lack of canals or pipelines to carry the water to people (this too is actually an energy problem .. it's running excavators is too expensive to build the canals etc.)
2. Lack of energy for desalinating or purifying the water
3. Lack of adequate sanitation facilities
Build more solar power plants (or nuclear, but I wont say it since that will distract the argument) and the problem goes away. - PATSCRU, on 05/13/2008, -2/+34I encourage you to drink as much of that ocean water as possible, suzy.
- Jhiaxuz, on 05/14/2008, -0/+33Kevin Costner knows how to solve this problem.
- TheMooCow, on 05/14/2008, -2/+331) Melt Glaciers
2) ???
3) Profit ! - Beanstudd2, on 05/13/2008, -3/+31wow, that one of the most fascinating and insightful comments I've ever read.
- staeiou, on 05/14/2008, -0/+26Damn! You're so ***** edgy!
- edrainkona, on 05/14/2008, -3/+27Where's chapter 3?
- friedcalamari, on 05/14/2008, -0/+27Desalinization occurs everyday. It’s called rain. And it’s free. Problem is collecting it.
- inactive, on 05/13/2008, -1/+27Water wars!
- AudioPhil3, on 05/14/2008, -1/+24Emo Tears: 0.2%.
- jonathanforpres, on 05/14/2008, -1/+23I'm buying stock in Desalination. :)
- Heavypettingzoo, on 05/13/2008, -1/+24water stocks = Canadian bonds
- rrdavenport, on 05/14/2008, -4/+25And how much of that water is polluted?
- inactive, on 05/14/2008, -6/+24Because water isn't a renewable resource or anything.
- cubicledrone, on 05/14/2008, -14/+32Water is not scarce. Neither is food.
- DannoSpeaks, on 05/14/2008, -1/+18:'(
- jon30041, on 05/14/2008, -0/+16.... Rain barrels?
- soogy, on 05/14/2008, -0/+15Or squeeze that last delicious 0.008% from animals.
- clickx, on 05/14/2008, -1/+14It's got what plants crave.
- jmpeagle, on 05/14/2008, -0/+14H2O
- AudioPhil3, on 05/14/2008, -0/+12I just checked out mooseonthelooses' other comments.
o_0 - wow.
I now propose a mini IQ quiz upon digg registration. - jmpeagle, on 05/14/2008, -0/+13water is only a problem for 3rd world countries. Desalinization plants solve it for rich ones.
- mCanada, on 05/14/2008, -2/+15too late
- 15thPD, on 05/14/2008, -4/+144) We need to convert the hippies to drinkable water.
Kill 2 birds with 1 stone. - jon30041, on 05/14/2008, -0/+12Quick, catch that tear! You could totally use about 3,000 of those to have some small amount of water!
- ladyarcher85, on 05/14/2008, -0/+10It's not difficult at all I just don't want to buy a liter of water for $$$ especially since I drink a lot of that stuff daily.
- Janizzary, on 05/14/2008, -0/+12There are a lot of scientists who believe that, unless there's a breakthrough in cost effective water desalinization, the next wars will be fought over fresh water.
- doctorfungi, on 05/14/2008, -0/+12We're doing it Sydney now too.
- evolvingthought, on 05/14/2008, -0/+9although in Dubai, the streets are made of gold
- ArielMT, on 05/14/2008, -0/+8Since it was aimed at just one user, that was the point.
- Puppetfunk, on 05/14/2008, -5/+13Gatorade is full of Electrolytes! Everyone knows Electrolytes are THE ***** THAT PLANTS CRAVE! Therefore no more Gatorade for us, we must save it for the crops.
- JohnFrum, on 05/14/2008, -0/+8The god of sun worshipers perhaps. Although I will say, you're more useful than most gods.
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