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The Bulletin: October 31-November 6, 2024
The Bulletin: October 31-November 6, 2024 They Are Scrubbing the Internet Right Now EU Warns “Citizens” To Prepare For A Nuclear Disaster | SHTF Plan Our Nation Is about to Reap the Whirlwind of All Lies we’ve Told They’re doing what they’re accusing us of doing – American Thinker Vote However You Want Death toll […]
Understanding The Global Supply Of Water
Understanding The Global Supply Of Water As the world’s population and its agricultural needs have grown, so too has the demand for water, putting the world’s supply of water under the microscope. A century ago, freshwater consumption was six times lower than in modern times. This increase in demand and usage has resulted in rising stress on freshwater […]
Barrels, Buckets, and Bottles: Adventures in Low-Water Living
Barrels, Buckets, and Bottles: Adventures in Low-Water Living Water is invisible to most people in developed countries. We turn on the tap, and there it is. It’s provided free in restaurants, without our even asking for it. We can spend money to buy water in bottles, but in America at least, we’re never far from […]
Himalayan glaciers that supply water to a billion people are melting fast
Himalayan glaciers that supply water to a billion people are melting fast Preface. The Himalayan glaciers that supply water to a billion people are melting fast, already 30% has been lost since 1975. Adding to the crisis are the 400 dams under construction or planned for Himalayan rivers in India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Bhutan to […]
U.S. Groundwater in Peril: Potable Supply Less Than Thought
A groundwater well near Estancia, New Mexico. (Photo: Debra Perrone) U.S. Groundwater in Peril: Potable Supply Less Than Thought Drilling deeper wells may not be a good long-term solution to compensate for increasing demands on groundwater, report UA hydrologist Jennifer McIntosh and colleagues. The U.S. groundwater supply is smaller than originally thought, according to a […]
Seawalls for oil refineries and other ironies of climate change adaptation
Seawalls for oil refineries and other ironies of climate change adaptation A friend of mine includes a saying with each of his emails that goes like this: “It shouldn’t be easier to imagine the end of civilization than the end of air conditioning.” But in most depictions of the end of civilization at the cinema […]
Canada Covering Up Global Warming Nuts Destroying the Water Supply
Canada Covering Up Global Warming Nuts Destroying the Water Supply COMMENT: When Government turns on its own citizens. Good day, Martin; This climate change movement here in Ontario, Canada has gone too far. Construction of windmills in a small farming area has contaminated 16 residential water wells with that destroyed the pumps and piping that feed […]
River Supplying Water To Alberta Oil Sands Operations At Risk From Drought
River Supplying Water To Alberta Oil Sands Operations At Risk From Drought A new study casts doubt on the long-term ability of the Athabasca River to supply the water Alberta’s oil sands industry relies on. Water is allocated to oil sands operations based on river flow data collected since the 1950s, but that doesn’t necessarily […]
Why the Colorado River Basin Crisis is No Surprise
Why the Colorado River Basin Crisis is No Surprise They Were Warned 70 Years Ago and Still Haven’t Acted Perhaps you have heard how urgent it is for the upper basin states to take water from the Colorado River before those “Californians use it all up?” This us-versus-them attitude, as a justification to take more […]
Leaking Las Vegas: Lake Mead Water Levels Continue To Crash
Leaking Las Vegas: Lake Mead Water Levels Continue To Crash The last time we looked at Las Vegas water supply, the comments from professionals were “Vegas is screwed,” and unless water levels in Lake Mead rise by 7%, “it’s as bad as you can imagine.” The bad news… Water levels in Lake Mead have never been lower for […]
Not A Drop To Drink: The American Water Crisis [INFOGRAPHIC]
Not A Drop To Drink: The American Water Crisis [INFOGRAPHIC] Almost a year ago, we had talked about how we are potentially on the path to global Peak Water. Today’s infographic elaborates more on the problem on a national basis in the United States. Right now, the average American consumes about 100 gallons of water per […]
