http://www.off-grid.net/2009/01/22/peak-water/ off the grid real estate, survival,preppers, solar, self-sufficient, eco-village, low-impact, zero-carbon, Renewable energy,ships, Fuel Cells, batteries, Solar panels, Wind turbines, MicroHydro, Biomass, Bushcraft Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:38:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.off-grid.net/2009/01/22/peak-water/comment-page-1/#comment-222501 4un4me Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:49:23 +0000 http://www.off-grid.net/?p=3414#comment-222501 Not that I disagree with many of the points made in this article about our need to be more careful and resourceful with our fresh water supply, but in my opinion, the "eminent disaster" tone it carries is grossly over stated. Certainly there are many areas of the world where water supply is at a critical state, and many of those areas are heavily populated. Nonetheless, there are also many areas where water supply is not an issue and many many more areas where abundant supplies lay untouched. To compare the naturally self replenishing cycle of water on earth to "peak oil" estimates is (in my opinion) more than a stretch because we are comparing renewable and non-renewable resources. With proper motivation, the water problems can be easily managed, the problem has been that the abundance and low cost of this resource has held adequate motivation in check. Often times the areas where the current needs are greatest are also areas with the least funds available to motivate toward effective solutions. The portion that quotes estimated conditions in 2020 & 2025 seems to imply that we would be doing nothing at all different between now and then which, to me, is not realistic. Our history up through the present clearly demonstrates a serious lack of concern fopr the environment and utilization of resources. It is just as obvious that we daily become more sensitive to these issues and faster at responding to them than we did in days gone by. Water is too easily reused to be preaching such a doomsday message. If you overstate something too much, you may loose your audience completely and the accurate portion of your message may be "thrown out with the bath water". Not that I disagree with many of the points made in this article about our need to be more careful and resourceful with our fresh water supply, but in my opinion, the “eminent disaster” tone it carries is grossly over stated. Certainly there are many areas of the world where water supply is at a critical state, and many of those areas are heavily populated. Nonetheless, there are also many areas where water supply is not an issue and many many more areas where abundant supplies lay untouched.
To compare the naturally self replenishing cycle of water on earth to “peak oil” estimates is (in my opinion) more than a stretch because we are comparing renewable and non-renewable resources.
With proper motivation, the water problems can be easily managed, the problem has been that the abundance and low cost of this resource has held adequate motivation in check.
Often times the areas where the current needs are greatest are also areas with the least funds available to motivate toward effective solutions.
The portion that quotes estimated conditions in 2020 & 2025 seems to imply that we would be doing nothing at all different between now and then which, to me, is not realistic. Our history up through the present clearly demonstrates a serious lack of concern fopr the environment and utilization of resources. It is just as obvious that we daily become more sensitive to these issues and faster at responding to them than we did in days gone by.
Water is too easily reused to be preaching such a doomsday message. If you overstate something too much, you may loose your audience completely and the accurate portion of your message may be “thrown out with the bath water”.

]]> http://www.off-grid.net/2009/01/22/peak-water/comment-page-1/#comment-222166 Zevod Beeblebrox Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:51:14 +0000 http://www.off-grid.net/?p=3414#comment-222166 An excellent article. Yet solar energy could very well be the solution to the problem. Desalinisation of oceanwater by means of photovoltaic induced energy, could turn a desert into a blooming paradise.... An excellent article. Yet solar energy could very well be the solution to the problem. Desalinisation of oceanwater by means of photovoltaic induced energy, could turn a desert into a blooming paradise….

]]> http://www.off-grid.net/2009/01/22/peak-water/comment-page-1/#comment-221929 mrs dirty boots Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:03:46 +0000 http://www.off-grid.net/?p=3414#comment-221929 It makes me mad that there isn't a requirement for new builds (private and business) to incorporate rain collection systems. In the UK it is so daft not to harvest water at source. It's very easy to set up too. It makes me mad that there isn’t a requirement for new builds (private and business) to incorporate rain collection systems. In the UK it is so daft not to harvest water at source. It’s very easy to set up too.

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