The SE now running short on water.

PasturesNew

The SE now running short on water.

Oh no!!! What'll they use instead of ice to cool their Pimms???

grizzly1911

SecondLegDownIsTheBigOne wrote: »

Suggest away. There was no debate. You have no credibility, your comments could have been pulled from the comments section of a Daily Fail article.

There may well be some science in there but Governments have latched onto it as way of taxing and funding "green" initiatives whether they are effective or not. The same with energy "green" measures.

Rather than constantly pandering to London and the South East why not "redistribute" the economy and the people to the those areas with an abundant supply?

A._Badger

The sheer uneducated twaddle from SecondLegetc is best countered by the following from Dr Richard North - who precisely nails the problem.

http://eureferendum.blogspot.com/2012/03/from-unacceptable-to-intolerable.html

As he explains: "Currently, the total reservoir capacity of water companies in England and Wales is reported at 520 billion gallons, a figure that has been virtually static since privatisation, when even then storage capacity was deemed to be insufficient."

This is a problem of population shift, naturally variable rainfall, and a complete and utter rip-off when 'water' was privatised. In other words made a corportatist monopoly.

SecondLegDownIsTheBigOne

A._Badger wrote: »

The sheer uneducated twaddle from SecondLegetc is best countered by the following from Dr Richard North - who precisely nails the problem.

http://eureferendum.blogspot.com/2012/03/from-unacceptable-to-intolerable.html

As he explains: "Currently, the total reservoir capacity of water companies in England and Wales is reported at 520 billion gallons, a figure that has been virtually static since privatisation, when even then storage capacity was deemed to be insufficient."

This is a problem of population shift, naturally variable rainfall, and a complete and utter rip-off when 'water' was privatised. In other words made a corportatist monopoly.

I have made no assertions about the capacity of the UK water supply. I have made assertions about climate change and expressed my contempt at the wasteful entitlement of special people. The above post of yours, in fact, supports what I have said about water privatisation. Well done.:rotfl:

SecondLegDownIsTheBigOne

suburbanwifey wrote: »

No its not reasonable and no to your suggestion that I shouldn't take water for granted. I was born in the United Kingdom and I do take water for granted and I am asked to pay for my usage, which I do. I was not born into an African country or other such country that suffers droughts or other such horrors. Yes, you, me and everyone here are more lucky to be born into our country than they were in theirs, but its not my life's work to sacrifice myself and my life for every other living being on this planet. I give to charity and support the local Air Ambulance, I've rescued many homeless animals and given them a future (quite a luxurious one) - all my animals are rescue animals and I've paid my way through this life and worked hard for every single thing I have. But bleeding heart for the rest of humanity I am not and don't apologise for that. None of us can spend our lives sacrificing for others ... and to be honest, most don't. Find me any successful person who gives it all away to others or has the quickest shower possible to save water for others? Sadly, the meek do not inherit it all, the hard working, the tough, the sometimes ruthless do, that's just the way it is.

You're so badass and ruthless with your measuring success in inverse proportions to altruism and the length of your showers. Surely Sir Alan's next apprentice? You mention luck and you mention hard work, take care not to confuse the two.

What happens when too many people think like you is that eventually your views are proven to be correct. That is, the tough and ruthless take what they want by force. Your subtext defines the meek as those poorer than you. They are not so meek when they are stuffing your inflated head into the guillotine.

GlynD

The reason the SE is running short isn't just down to lack of storage and wastage. The huge amounts of concrete and tarmac covering the ground are making it difficult for the water table to replenish when it rains. That's why you're seeing rivers dry up etc. The only answer is better distribution and that I'm afraid does mean canals from the north and Scotland down to the south.

Of course stopping the wastage from huge leaks is always a help.

ILW

Can you still use a power washer?
Seem to remember that last time you could.

SecondLegDownIsTheBigOne

Find me any successful person who gives it all away to others

Austrian businessman Karl Rabader gave all his wealth away and set out on a life of "Christian" service that led to the building of homes for over 1 million people.

Karen Pittelman gave away all but $15,000 of her $3 million fortune to help low income women build a future. She now assists wealthy people who wish to use their money to do good.

Zell Kravinsky, property millionaire gave away his entire $45 million fortune to charitable causes. In 2003 he gave one of his kidneys to a stranger.

Harlow Fullwood Jr made his money running KFC franchises. He schooled his family then gave most of his wealth away to fund the college education of underpriveleged kids from his hood.

[Andrew] Carnegie is known for being one of the worlds greatest philanthropist. He is famous for saying "the man who dies rich dies disgraced." Andrew Carnegie gave away all of his money ($281 Billion), or most all of it, upon his death. He said that it would not be right to keep the money, considering he did not feel like it was his money to begin with. Some people think that he gave it all away because he felt guilty about how he attainted it, but he has stated that he was just lucky to be in the right place at the right time, and therefore felt the need to give it all away because he didn't feel like it was truly his money.

There are many more, probably not as successful as Suburbanwifey, though. She's ruthless.

abaxas

Maybe we need a charity event for this.

Toff aid?

suburbanwifey

SecondLegDownIsTheBigOne wrote: »

Austrian businessman Karl Rabader gave all his wealth away and set out on a life of "Christian" service that led to the building of homes for over 1 million people.

Karen Pittelman gave away all but $15,000 of her $3 million fortune to help low income women build a future. She now assists wealthy people who wish to use their money to do good.

Zell Kravinsky, property millionaire gave away his entire $45 million fortune to charitable causes. In 2003 he gave one of his kidneys to a stranger.

Harlow Fullwood Jr made his money running KFC franchises. He schooled his family then gave most of his wealth away to fund the college education of underpriveleged kids from his hood.

There are many more, probably not as successful as Suburbanwifey, though. She's ruthless.

LOL that made me giggle. OK; so there are some foolish successful people in the world, I am sure you will be bowing down to their humanity to their fellow man and admiring them from afar (for 30 minutes or so maybe) good luck to you!

I don't know anyone who would call me ruthless (maybe apart from a few unknown strangers on this particular forum lol) and your opinion of me bothers me not, I'm blessed with the ability to not give a flying **** in that regards but yes, I stand by my point, all successful people, to get where they get, need a touch of ruthlessness in them, that's a fact, whether you like it or not :rotfl:

Me ruthless? my hubby says I am too soft! :rotfl: