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August 09, 2007
Overpopulation, Overindulgence = Bleak Outlook for Drinking Water
It was not until 1830 that the earth's population reached 1 billion, yet by 1999 the world population crossed the 6 billion mark.
There is no question that this population expansion has cost the earth both environmentally and ecologically. Our forests are declining, our topsoil is eroding, our deserts are expanding, and our climate is undergoing radical change.
Scientists have warned us that the underground water supply of the Midwest is being siphoned off and depleted for a seemingly insatiable conglomerate of fruit, vegetable and livestock growers of the Southwest, via the mammoth irrigation projects extending all the way to Southern California.
There is only so much fresh drinking water on the continent, and if you thing gas is expensive, just hope you don't have to pay for a glass of water in the middle of a veritable desert of dust bowl conditions, as reported by John Blankenship, for The Herald-
Register.
Posted by Stephen Betheil at August 9, 2007 09:42 PM
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