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Sekhmets Daughter

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32. Exactly.

Reply to Mojorabbit (Reply #20)

Sat Dec 1, 2012, 08:47 AM

Dec 2012

I think I shall try to find this Shangri la.

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Ogallala Aquifer Only 20 Years Of Water Left >>> Stuff I Didn't Know [View all] KittyWampus Nov 2012 OP

Need more bad news? Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #1

I don't understand these people's brain. nt kelliekat44 Nov 2012 #9

They honestly believe they are "better" and Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #14

The average annual depletion rate between 2000 and 2007 was more than twice that during the previous Earth_First Nov 2012 #2

There was a huge spike in exports in that time: joshcryer Nov 2012 #13

The D4 area in the middle almost exactly matches the outline of the Ogallala: GliderGuider Nov 2012 #16

This is precisely why I believe it will depleat sooner. joshcryer Nov 2012 #17

yep. CrispyQ Dec 2012 #34

What annoys me is that most of what was grown Warpy Nov 2012 #3

And all the states over it are fighting about it. Are_grits_groceries Nov 2012 #4

makes me stop and think... janlyn Nov 2012 #5

Maybe people will begin to see the thing that all of these problems are revolving around. Gregorian Nov 2012 #6

No one wants to talk about the elephant in the room. luv_mykatz Dec 2012 #30

The outrage on this site when someone suggests we need to get our numbers under control, CrispyQ Dec 2012 #36

I'm so glad to see these posts this morning. Gregorian Dec 2012 #40

I suspect the reason they don't care about the tar sands pipeline is because magical thyme Nov 2012 #7

Where do you live? Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #15

I was wonderin.g the same thing. Mojorabbit Dec 2012 #20

Exactly. Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2012 #32

If you find it, please let me know! nt Mojorabbit Dec 2012 #42

Your post hit a rather painful nerve here with me. I live on the Gulf of Mexico in Mississippi. Selatius Dec 2012 #31

I didn't realize so many 1%ers lived north of nowhere. CrispyQ Dec 2012 #37

It's shangri-la if you can afford to heat your home magical thyme Dec 2012 #45

We gotta come up with a plan to desalinate water from the ocean. Octafish Nov 2012 #8

The technology is already here. The will to do it is missing Kaleva Nov 2012 #11

Hi there tama Nov 2012 #19

Yes, I'm a Michigan Finn Kaleva Dec 2012 #24

Whenever anyone talks about using ocean water I worry about just what the effect on the ocean jwirr Dec 2012 #22

I don't think it'll be even noticeable Kaleva Dec 2012 #25

Sea levels are rising relatively rapidly tama Dec 2012 #26

For now. This is the same short sighted thinking that got us into the mess we are now in. Unlimited jwirr Dec 2012 #33

Conservation alone isn't the answer. Kaleva Dec 2012 #39

There is so much of it, that it may as well be considered a infinite resource like sunlight. Chan790 Dec 2012 #41

And we're looking at protracted droughts, so it's going to get even worse. joshcryer Nov 2012 #10

This is why both Bush's have bought 200,000 acre's (total) oldbanjo Nov 2012 #12

exactly, and it's in paraguay shanti Dec 2012 #23

Perhaps the Bush Family wants to become the "Saudis of water." (nt) KansDem Dec 2012 #29

ENRON was leading the way in Florida. Octafish Dec 2012 #43

Those natural prairie grasses have roots that are 5 ft deep toby jo Nov 2012 #18

Forestation + stop pumping ground except for household tama Dec 2012 #21

Water - huge reason we protest fracking. madamesilverspurs Dec 2012 #27

It is terrorism. nt tama Dec 2012 #28

This is why it has been said for years redqueen Dec 2012 #35

I just watched "Blue Gold" World Water Wars." CrispyQ Dec 2012 #38

Anyone remember.... HuskyOffset Dec 2012 #44