Comments on: Heart of Dryness: Water, Climate, and Energy http://www.circleofblue.org/waternews/2009/world/heart-of-dryness-water-climate-and-energy/ Reporting the Global Water Crisis Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:22:57 +0000 hourly 1 By: OurFuture.org http://www.circleofblue.org/waternews/2009/world/heart-of-dryness-water-climate-and-energy/comment-page-1/#comment-7303 OurFuture.org Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:04:08 +0000 http://www.circleofblue.org/waternews/?p=8662#comment-7303 <strong>The Hard Things We Elect Them To Solve...</strong> Sen. Claire McCaskill said last week that the Senate wasn't going to tackle the Clean Energy Jobs and American Protection Act this year because it would be "really, really hard." If the Senate doesn't handle it this year, will they deal with it in ... The Hard Things We Elect Them To Solve…

Sen. Claire McCaskill said last week that the Senate wasn’t going to tackle the Clean Energy Jobs and American Protection Act this year because it would be “really, really hard.” If the Senate doesn’t handle it this year, will they deal with it in …

]]> By: Commodities Broker | Drumbeat: November 14, 2009 | Commodities Options | Commodities Futures | Commodities Prices http://www.circleofblue.org/waternews/2009/world/heart-of-dryness-water-climate-and-energy/comment-page-1/#comment-7198 Commodities Broker | Drumbeat: November 14, 2009 | Commodities Options | Commodities Futures | Commodities Prices Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:07:50 +0000 http://www.circleofblue.org/waternews/?p=8662#comment-7198 [...] Heart of Dryness: Water, Climate and Energy As the reality sank in about rising thirst and falling water tables and aquatic extinction, the usual suspects — all those noisy hand-wringing liberal environmentalists — prophesized their litany of doom, right on schedule. Only this time their worry was echoed by nervous conservatives, industrial interests and development boosters, also now preaching how the end of water was nigh. Never mind the gloomy Club of Rome; bullish corporate titans at the World Economic Forum in Davos warned us how limits to growth came from scarce fresh water. Elbowing past picket lines of wild-eyed green protesters, some otherwise astute World Bankers were confounded at how, contrary to basic economics, water use grew less efficient as water grew scarcer. Goldman Sachs, a stodgy and sober Wall Street investment bank not given to hyperbole, grew increasingly alarmed that, by doubling every 20 years, global water consumption had attained an “unsustainable” rate of growth. [...] [...] Heart of Dryness: Water, Climate and Energy As the reality sank in about rising thirst and falling water tables and aquatic extinction, the usual suspects — all those noisy hand-wringing liberal environmentalists — prophesized their litany of doom, right on schedule. Only this time their worry was echoed by nervous conservatives, industrial interests and development boosters, also now preaching how the end of water was nigh. Never mind the gloomy Club of Rome; bullish corporate titans at the World Economic Forum in Davos warned us how limits to growth came from scarce fresh water. Elbowing past picket lines of wild-eyed green protesters, some otherwise astute World Bankers were confounded at how, contrary to basic economics, water use grew less efficient as water grew scarcer. Goldman Sachs, a stodgy and sober Wall Street investment bank not given to hyperbole, grew increasingly alarmed that, by doubling every 20 years, global water consumption had attained an “unsustainable” rate of growth. [...]

]]> By: Casa Food Shed » Blog Archive » Warming Arctic linked to southwest droughts http://www.circleofblue.org/waternews/2009/world/heart-of-dryness-water-climate-and-energy/comment-page-1/#comment-7197 Casa Food Shed » Blog Archive » Warming Arctic linked to southwest droughts Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:09:58 +0000 http://www.circleofblue.org/waternews/?p=8662#comment-7197 [...] Even conservatives, industrial interests and development boosters are waking up to the fact that the impacts of a water shortages are likely to be catastrophic, around the globe. [...] [...] Even conservatives, industrial interests and development boosters are waking up to the fact that the impacts of a water shortages are likely to be catastrophic, around the globe. [...]

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