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In reply to the discussion: Ogallala Aquifer Only 20 Years Of Water Left >>> Stuff I Didn't Know [View all]jwirr
(39,215 posts)22. Whenever anyone talks about using ocean water I worry about just what the effect on the ocean
is going to be of taking so much water from it. Our resources are finite. That includes ocean water.
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KittyWampus
Nov 2012
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The average annual depletion rate between 2000 and 2007 was more than twice that during the previous
Earth_First
Nov 2012
#2
The D4 area in the middle almost exactly matches the outline of the Ogallala:
GliderGuider
Nov 2012
#16
Maybe people will begin to see the thing that all of these problems are revolving around.
Gregorian
Nov 2012
#6
The outrage on this site when someone suggests we need to get our numbers under control,
CrispyQ
Dec 2012
#36
I suspect the reason they don't care about the tar sands pipeline is because
magical thyme
Nov 2012
#7
Your post hit a rather painful nerve here with me. I live on the Gulf of Mexico in Mississippi.
Selatius
Dec 2012
#31
Whenever anyone talks about using ocean water I worry about just what the effect on the ocean
jwirr
Dec 2012
#22
For now. This is the same short sighted thinking that got us into the mess we are now in. Unlimited
jwirr
Dec 2012
#33