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,,,and the rains came...
David Hare-Scott wrote:
Higgs Boson wrote: .... Uh, let's look at those factors: Cost: If Nature (or global warming) continues to dry us up out here on the West Coast of the U.S. how else are we going to get water for nearly 40,000,000 in California alone, not counting other affected states like Arizona & New Mexico. Thirty years since James Hansen told Congress exactly what would happen and when, it is coming true as predicted. Even the most corrupt legislator will be forced to listen to their constituents rather than continuing their long, well-emunerated love affair with Big Oil, Big Coal, and other constituents of global warming. Greenhouse gases: Not sure I see the relevance, but have a look at what's been happening in the Middle East. The relevance is that RO is very energy intensive and unless you source your power from non-fossil sources you will be compounding the problem. the basic problem is that we've gotten into the habit of mixing human waste with potable water to begin with. this compounds many other problems and they tag along with the whole process. clean up the basic misconception and you get many benefits in result. not having to build nuclear desalinization plants would be one of them (who needs more chances at Fukushima? are you seriously considering more nuclear plants in California? are you really that idiotic? yes, i am seriously calling you an idiot if you are building more nuclear plants in that area). much of the use of water is simply to flush waste materials away. when you consider how much energy it takes to pump and clean the water again after it is used as a waste transport system then perhaps you'll understand the sheer stupidity of this whole system. most human waste is valueable and can be composted safely without having to use all that water. the waste which is not safely compostable (hormone treatments, some drugs, chemotherapeutics and nuclear medicine) should be treated differently, but those people who know they are doing such things could be set up with their medical providers to have a clean disposal path for their waste (so that it does not become a hazard to others). in a world of limited resources there is no excuse for not recycling of most materials. for areas with limited water they certainly should not be wasting water by using it as a waste transport mechanism. you do not need or want more nuclear plants. there are viable methods that can be used right now without nuclear energy. please don't support methods which potentially can kill/pollute everyone downwind or downstream. songbird |
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