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Topic: Warnings of severe water shortages in
the Middle East after satellites show
freshwater reserves the size of
the Dead Sea have dried up |
Warnings of severe water shortages in
the Middle East after satellites show
freshwater reserves the size of
the Dead Sea have dried up
Daily Mail [UK], by Staff
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Posted By:Attercliffe, 2/13/2013 2:19:29 PM
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| Vast freshwater reserves nearly equivalent in size to the Dead Sea have been lost in the Middle East in the last decade, according to a new Nasa study. Scientists warn there could be severe water shortages in decades to come if water resources are not managed better in the region. They say the precious water stocks have gone because of poor water management, increased demands for groundwater, and a major drought in 2007. The study, which will be published later this week, examined 2003 to 2010 data from two gravity-measuring satellites which are part of Nasa´s Gravity Recovery and
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Ida Lou Pino, 2/13/2013 2:25:54 PM (No. 9174406)
Glo-bull warming strikes again!
We must surrender whatever remains of our freedom and wealth - - so that water will flow again where it´s never been.
Or something.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Grady, 2/13/2013 2:27:46 PM (No. 9174409)
I think $250 a barrel of fresh North American water sounds fair.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
mitzi, 2/13/2013 3:04:27 PM (No. 9174471)
It´s the Will of Allah.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Penney, 2/13/2013 3:06:27 PM (No. 9174474)
Water for oil sounds like an even trade, eh?
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Rafter, 2/13/2013 3:23:52 PM (No. 9174512)
We have an American flag fleet of giant freshwater supertankers ready to answer
their desperate calls so that we can keep their "economies" going.
I´m sure as indicated above on the thread that the pricing will be reasonable.
Let´s see... "Organization of Freshwater-Tankers Exporting Nations"
would be the acronym OFTEN.
So... order early... from OFTEN.
Just sign right here on the bottom line.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Clark Kent, 2/13/2013 3:31:54 PM (No. 9174529)
time to create OWEC?
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
nina584, 2/13/2013 4:34:58 PM (No. 9174645)
Allah truly loves them!
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
CleanhouseinDc, 2/13/2013 4:59:21 PM (No. 9174686)
Imagine. When you build cities and golf courses in the desert, it uses a whole lotta water. Freshwater´s gotta come from somewhere.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
oldsfc, 2/13/2013 5:34:45 PM (No. 9174739)
Not to worry. They will all move to Detroit.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
snowoutlaw, 2/13/2013 5:44:44 PM (No. 9174752)
Didn´t Turkey just build a huge dam stopping most of the water from flowing into Iraq? Besdies they can all have all the water they need, just remove the salt.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
provide, 2/13/2013 6:37:51 PM (No. 9174841)
I guess all those swimming pools and water parks will have to get their water from poor people´s wells.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
bob913, 2/13/2013 6:52:38 PM (No. 9174856)
Build dams and reservoirs. Problem solved.
Look how much water flows from all the floods into the ocean. Divert some of this.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
oh-heck, 2/13/2013 6:52:45 PM (No. 9174857)
Typical LibTard data. 60% of the water decrease has been due to increased consumption by pumping the water out. 20% is the estimate of the reduction in water coming in as a result of drought. Even someone educated in public schools can tell you that increased consumption is a three times larger contribution to the problem than the drought. They might also wonder where the missing 20% went.
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