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Billy writes:

In article ,
jellybean stonerfish wrote:

On Mon, 30 May 2011 14:24:26 -0700, Billy wrote:

The Ogalla Aquifer in Nebraska and Kansas seems OK, but it is running
dry in Texas and New Mexico. Aquifers in Yemen, India, northern China,
Afghanistan, Mexico, and Pakistan are being pumped faster than they can
recharge. There is fossil water aquifers in Saudi Arabia, which are
close to running dry. One fifth of the American grain, 3/5 Indian grain,
and 4/5 of China's grain comes from irrigation. India and China account
for 40% of the worlds population. These 3 countries account for 50% of
the world's annual grain harvest. Half the world's population live in
countries with falling aquifers. Forty percent of the world's grain
comes from irrigated land, and 70% of the worlds fresh water is used for
irrigation.

Snip of rest.

Billy, have you seen the movie, "Home" from the Home Project.

You might like it, if you can stay awake. ( I had to watch it twice,
fell asleep the first time.)

No, I haven't seen it, yet. I just looked at the trailer and the
photography is magnificent. Thanks.
http://www.youtube.com/homeproject#p/a/f/0/jqxENMKaeCU

I presume that most people would rather stick their heads in the sand
rather than know what's going on. That may be a reasonable thing to do
since there doesn't seem to be much of anything that we can do about the
destruction of habitat on our planet that we, and other species, require
to survive.

Actually, most of the resource issues can be solved easily.
One child per family and in a few centuries we'd be back at sustainable
levels.

Right now that doesn't seem to be in the cards but there is a small
chance we'll learn.

The habitat will come back even if we to wait for plate subduction.

Another REALLY excellent book:
The World Without Us (Paperback)
by Alan Weisman
http://www.amazon.com/World-Without-...2427905/ref=sr
_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274206221&sr=1-1
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- Billy

Mad dog Republicans to the right. Democratic spider webs to the left. True conservatives, and liberals not to be found anywhere in the phantasmagoria
of the American political landscape.

America is not broke. The country is awash in wealth and cash.
It's just that it's not in your hands. It has been transferred, in the
greatest heist in history, from the workers and consumers to the banks
and the portfolios of the uber-rich.
http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/.../michael-moore
/michael-moore-says-400-americans-have-more-wealth-/