Global Water Shortage Global warming is melting the very glaciers we obtain our water from for drinking, cooking etc. As an example, within 30 years’ time, the Hoover Dam will become obsolete as the glaciers that feed the river that drive the turbines to generate electricity as well as providing water to millions of people in the area will be completely gone. These glaciers will not return until the weather systems that create them return. The only way those weather systems will return is by human civilisation getting a grip on its use of fossil fuels, lowering our use of fossil fuels thus reducing our overall greenhouse gas emissions while reducing the excessive levels of carbon in the atmosphere. This scenario will play itself out with dams throughout the world. Our use of fossil fuels is destroying glaciers, thus, destroying the worlds water reserves as that water just ends up in the world’s oceans. People scoff at global warming even in the face of extreme weather becoming more common place. Storms being more powerful, like hurricanes. But you, sitting there in your house, or in your garden, or at your desk at school or work, you are NOT on the front line of global warming. You do not see what is happening as a result of global warming. To be on the front line and to see the real damage of global warming then you need to see the glaciers for themselves whether it be Greenland, the Arctic, Antarctic, Wales, throughout Europe, throughout the United States as a whole, throughout the world. Then look at photographs of those glaciers taken 50 odd years ago and compare them to today’s photographs and you will see how far inland those glaciers have retreated – all that water dumped into the world’s oceans. Some glaciers have retreated several miles inland that is how bad it is and how damaging the human influence on the climate has become. Project Solar-Wind combined with project Global Reforestation will tackle the issues of lowering our use of fossil fuels, lowering carbon emissions, start reducing carbon levels in the atmosphere and start undoing the damage we have done to the climate over the past 100 years. But for water conservation there is something simple we can do that will save billions of litres of water per year – do not use sprinkler systems to water your garden throughout the day and early evening because you are NOT even watering the garden. During summer months and high temperatures, the water dries up on the surface of your garden before it has even had a chance to sink into the ground and reach the roots of the plant life in your garden. Think about how much water you are wasting for it to just evaporate on the surface of your garden. Then think about how much money it is costing you to do nothing but evaporate water. I have your attention now don’t I? Yes, gardens need watering during the summer months when it goes weeks without raining but we need to be sensible about it. Whether you use a sprinkler system or a hosepipe, do not bother using them during the day or early evening. It is best to use a sprinkler system and leave it on for an hour from 9:00pm to 10:00pm or 10:00pm to 11:00pm; this will ensure your garden gets a decent watering while the cooler temperatures at this time of the night will mean the water can soak through down to the roots. Only use the sprinkler for an hour. It is best to use a hosepipe at this time also so the water can soak through down to the roots. You can also invest in a water collection and filtration system to use rain water in your toilet. This will dramatically cut down the amount of water you use in your toilet, especially during wetter months of the year, on top of reducing your water bill! Where available, you can request that your water company provides you with a secondary water pipe to your home to be solely connected to the toilet system to provide recycled clean water for use in your toilet as this will reduce the amount of fresh water you are using. These are simple and inexpensive ways to save water.
Posted on: Sat, 20 Jul 2013 02:43:25 +0000
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