Category Archives: Water

The Top 5 Myths out there

Written by Ocean on March 28, 2011 — 1 Comment

These days we hear many odd theories and half-truths, such as children’s vaccines making children autistic, the Large Hadron Collider causing black holes, and “speculators” distorting the prices of everything from oil to bread. There are some of these, however, that merit further attention. These are the Top 5 of all the crackpot myths that, [...]

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The Case for Desalination

Written by Ocean on November 15, 2010 — Leave a Comment

It is outrageous that, while over 70% of the earth’s surface is made of water, almost 36 million people are undergoing severe drought conditions. Newsweek reports that 30% of the world may be without water by 2040, and we still find ourselves siphoning off river and lake reservoirs in order to have water to drink. [...]

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Buying Local causes Droughts

Written by Ocean on July 29, 2010 — Leave a Comment

This article will tie together this with this, or namely, why your buying from local farmers is forcing millions of people to live in drought conditions. Briefly, over 150 million people are undergoing drought conditions at this moment. At the same time around 72% of the earth’s surface is covered in water. Any economist can [...]

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Your water usage doesn’t hold water

Written by Ocean on July 22, 2010 — 6 Comments

Dear DumbAgent, My extreme-recycling, hybrid-driving, local-produce buying girlfriend keeps scolding me for wasting water when I leave the tap water running or wait for the shower to warm up. She says I’m ruining the environment and wasting precious water. I wanted to research the veracity of these statements, but most people I ask seem to [...]

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How to give water to the world

Written by Ocean on April 13, 2010 — 2 Comments

At least 20 countries (and almost 36 million people) are undergoing severe droughts at this moment. At the same time over 70% of the earth’s surface is covered in water. Any economist can tell you this is not an optimal allocation of scarce resources. Most others will call it downright shameful. Reading a recent article [...]

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