Texas,Running Out Of Water

[MaryAnne]

Plenty of oil,but no water. Texas is not the only state. There were articles about Georgia wanting to tap into the Great Lakes. What good is oil with out water?

http://mobile.rawstory.com/therawst...-of-oil-but-no-water,5207cb8dda27f5d9d00918f5

 

[ElGringo]

Almost every state wants to tap into the Great Lakes, California has been trying for years. When Schwarznegger was governor he went so far as to lobby the feds to force the Great Lakes states to send him water.

One word for all of them: desalinization.

 

[Friday13]

Almost every state wants to tap into the Great Lakes, California has been trying for years. When Schwarznegger was governor he went so far as to lobby the feds to force the Great Lakes states to send him water.

One word for all of them: desalinization.

Exactly what I was thinking. Georgia certainly has enuf coastline, and CA, well, we have most of the western coast of these here United States.

 

[fairsheet]

Almost every state wants to tap into the Great Lakes, California has been trying for years. When Schwarznegger was governor he went so far as to lobby the feds to force the Great Lakes states to send him water.

One word for all of them: desalinization.

Problem is....desalinization as currently practiced, takes lots of energy.

 

[ElGringo]

Problem is....desalinization as currently practiced, takes lots of energy.

I did a little bit of research on this, I admit that it was by no means scientific. Based on what I read, The United States of America could provide de-salinated water to everyone in the country, including the interior areas, with a 10% increase in energy generation. That's a lot of energy but it's not un-doable and it's not like we would really need to supply water to everyone. I don't see an option and there are several reasons why these areas that need water are going to have to forget about the Great Lakes and figure out another way to deal with this.

 

[NightSwimmer]

Desalinated water wouldn't help the small towns in Texas unless there was a corresponding network of pipelines available to distribute the water.

BTW: Here's a link to the story that works on a plain, old-fashioned computer.

 

[MaryAnne]

Desalinated water wouldn't help the small towns in Texas unless there was a corresponding network of pipelines available to distribute the water.

BTW: Here's a link to the story that works on a plain, old-fashioned computer.

Georgia was in the midst of a terrible drought and was desperate for water.

Just this week I heard Canada is dumping Nuclear waste in Lake Huron.

And they want us to OK the Keystone pipeline so they can ship oil directly to other countries. We will have the leaks and spills,they will make the money.

 

[NightSwimmer]

Georgia was in the midst of a terrible drought and was desperate for water.

Just this week I heard Canada is dumping Nuclear waste in Lake Huron.

And they want us to OK the Keystone pipeline so they can ship oil directly to other countries. We will have the leaks and spills,they will make the money.

Georgia is always desperate for water. The population of metro Atlanta is greater than the population of the entire state of Alabama. Several years ago, a lake just north of Atlanta that supplied part of the city's water had a sinkhole open up and consume the entire lake overnight.

 

[MaryAnne]

Georgia is always desperate for water. The population of metro Atlanta is greater than the population of the entire state of Alabama. Several years ago, a lake just north of Atlanta that supplied part of the city's water had a sinkhole open up and consume the entire lake overnight.

That is what drought and fracking are doing. Look at the sinkholes in Florida,and they are surrounded by water.

 

[NightSwimmer]

That is what drought and fracking are doing. Look at the sinkholes in Florida,and they are surrounded by water.

Actually, being surrounded by water is part of Florida's problem. Water soluble limestone, however, is the biggest culprit.

 

[UnleashedInTheEast]

Problem is....desalinization as currently practiced, takes lots of energy.

But it still may end up being a must. Population is growing, and the basically fixed amount available simply will not cut it.

 

[UnleashedInTheEast]

That is what drought and fracking are doing. Look at the sinkholes in Florida,and they are surrounded by water.

Tell me more about all the fracking in Florida.