save the planet; grow indoors hydroponically!

UN report forecasts global water shortfall of up to 40% by 2030 (15 years from now);

http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/3/20/un-world-faces-40-percent-water-shortfall-by-2030.html

i do!

When people stop shitting in water and moaning about "we're running out of water" I'd take this a bit more serious.

schuylaar said:

i do!

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your sig drives me nutz, I gotta put you on ignore.

Rob Roy said:

When people stop shitting in water and moaning about "we're running out of water" I'd take this a bit more serious.

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+rep

70% of the earth is covered by water.

http://m.wikihow.com/Turn-Salt-Water-Into-Drinking-Water

The drama didn't work. Not worried.

Mr.Head said:

your sig drives me nutz, I gotta put you on ignore.

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and yet you found it necessary to tell me, why?

you are allowed to make your own decisions.

do you perhaps hope i'll just take it down because you'd like to continue to read me and don't know how to communicate it properly?

GrowUrOwnDank said:

70% of the earth is covered by water.

http://m.wikihow.com/Turn-Salt-Water-Into-Drinking-Water

The drama didn't work. Not worried.

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Possible solution to both the drought in California and the rising tides? Could we use this to save all of the golf courses AND the mansions in Malibu?

GrowUrOwnDank said:

70% of the earth is covered by water.

http://m.wikihow.com/Turn-Salt-Water-Into-Drinking-Water

The drama didn't work. Not worried.

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Ya, salt water...

Desalinization.

Save the planet- grow in soil with drip irrigation and stop tilling the soil, use cover crops.

There ya go

Rob Roy said:

Desalinization.

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$$$$$$ too much...

Better off collecting rain....

... beats running out.

Collecting rain is absolutely brilliant. I'm serious

I like @schuylaar signature!

Rrog said:

I like @schuylaar signature!

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Take THIS seriously; in some water starved communities in Colorado, the right to hook up to city water devices is stunningly expensive. Broomfield charged over $14,000 just to hook a new house up a few years ago, I've no idea what it costs now.

If course we waste water like there's no tomorrow in this country; that's no excuse to ignore the problem or think it won't affect us.

Drip irrigation is definitely part of the solution, and so is rain water. Amazingly, in many places- including my home town- collecting rainwater that falls on one's own property is actually illegal!

OddBall1st said:

Better off collecting rain....

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Collecting rain water in Colorado is a crime.

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$$$$$$ too much...

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You're probably right, in the present on a large scale anyway. Shifting priorities may change that if better technologies don't.

OddBall1st said:

$$$$$$ too much...

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How so ? Qatar derives most of its potable water directly from 2 desalination plants , desalination is proven to be practical on a large scale .