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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 06:54 PM Original message |
Experts: Warming to cause global water shortages by 2080 |
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Lautremont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'm not one to argue with someone called Wong Poh Poh. |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. I intend to stay right here next to Lake Michigan |
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Betty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
3. water will be the new oil |
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GodlessBiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
4. Can't we just collect the water from melting glaciers? |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
5. I even wonder about the long term impact on the oceans from the growing number |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 01:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Hopefully the salt and minerals don't have to be returned to the ocean. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 01:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I've wondered what they do with all that, hopefully use it for some |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 01:47 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. The brine waste is highly toxic, locally -- but the greatest global threat is ocean acidification |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 01:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Yes, I knew about the more immediate threat of acidification |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 04:33 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Thank you for the kind words. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
10. I'm glad I won't be around in 2080. nt |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
12. I'll be dead by then.... and so will my kids, most likely.... |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 05:17 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Tell your kids not to have children. |
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