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Previously on "Blimey: Climate Change, a wake-up call..."
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Well there you go. Want to know what the next big thing is? Purified salt water, that doesn't taste like harry monk.
Can't be that hard, it's only a bit of chemistry.
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Originally posted by zeitghostWhich is all very well until you realise that water in this country is priced at about 10p/metric tonne, though I guess it's different else where...
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Originally posted by zeitghostdesalination?
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Originally posted by zeitghostdesalination?
No.
There's no money in it.
It costs a fortune in energy...
£23k(2001 figs) gets you 3.9m sq water @day
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Originally posted by andyNo ,that side of pond has global dimming
totally different ballgame
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Originally posted by milanbeneseven more so now
they're talking about turning off agricultural irigation systems which could devastate the agricultural cycles and take 6 years to get back to today's production capacity !
Milan.
DA in "I'm off to buy a sheep farm in New Zealand" mode
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even more so now
they're talking about turning off agricultural irigation systems which could devastate the agricultural cycles and take 6 years to get back to today's production capacity !
Milan.
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Originally posted by milanbeneshttp://news.independent.co.uk/world/...cle2465960.ece
'Australia has warned that it will have to switch off the water supply to the continent's food bowl unless heavy rains break an epic drought - heralding what could be the first climate change-driven disaster to strike a developed nation.',
cripes, maybe Australia is not the best place to emigrate to as many think !
Milan.
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Supremo,
less of it,
as I told you before, swimming pool is off the shopping list, everything I am pleased to say will be ready in about 2 months time, at fecking last, it has taken long enough !
Milan.
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Originally posted by FlubsterJust come back from Orlando where Floriday have just had their coldest Easter weekend in 32 years. We had to go out and buy jackets cos we only took t-shirts and shorts with us. Global warming?
totally different ballgame
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Just come back from Orlando where Floriday have just had their coldest Easter weekend in 32 years. We had to go out and buy jackets cos we only took t-shirts and shorts with us. Global warming?
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Originally posted by zeitghostdesalination?
No.
There's no money in it.
It costs a fortune in energy...
Hmmmmm, solar energy?
Hmmmm, gold....
Hmmmmm, minerals...
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Originally posted by milanbenesSupremo,
less of it, couldn't find anywhere else to go.
Interestingly in my absence things seems to return to a kind of normality, wonder if there is a pattern here ?
Milan.
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Ironic when two thirds of the earth is covered by water.
You'd think salt water desemination was a viable option these-days. Mustn't be much money in it.
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