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To: Gary H who wrote (30340)	3/28/2003 5:34:47 PM
From: smolejv@gmx.net	Respond to of 74559

>Talk about water retention, yikes! ... What is the solution?< get ready by buying "Dune" and studying the Fremen ways... amazon.com Fitting in more than one way... EDIT: On a second thought, when figuring out islam, the Dune paradigm is at least as much of a BS as our use of western & Christian paradigms. "Q: How many Muslims have you met last week, DJ? A: Probably a few, but we did not connect"

To: Gary H who wrote (30340)	3/28/2003 6:06:30 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Respond to of 74559

There will not be enough fresh water to support that many people or the food growth to feed them. Quick.. everybody go out and buy a "still suit"...LOL!!! Hawk (aka "Mu'ad Dib")

To: Gary H who wrote (30340)	3/28/2003 6:08:41 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 74559

There will be no problem getting enough fresh water to fill the bodies of people, or even people and livestock. The problem is all the industrial use of fresh water, and also watering lawns and growing vegetables in the desert and such. I think we should phase out water subsidies and let the free market determine the rates. Instead certain industrial and agricultural users get water at cut rate prices and have less incentive to conserve it. Some of these businesses wouldn't last if they had to pay full price for the water but where that is the case they should go out of business so the resources they use can be more efficiently used elsewhere. Tim

To: Gary H who wrote (30340)	3/28/2003 6:10:21 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Respond to of 74559

Btw, I thought your analytical approach was very interesting.. Buy manufacturers of Desalination and Reverse Osmosis systems.. Hawk

To: Gary H who wrote (30340)	3/28/2003 9:37:34 PM
From: Moominoid	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

15,857,083,248 gallons. Let's suppose that number is correct that is 60 metres of water over a 1 square kilometre area or 80 feet deep over one square mile. Anyway - so what? Your population projection figures are more accurate BTW. It's certainly possible to put a billion people into the US... just not at the current food mix, level of self sufficiency, or lifestyle probably. There are 1 billion people living in India and a larger number in a similar sized area of Eastern China, in each case in under half the area of the lower 48 states. moom