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To: tejek who wrote (324806)	2/6/2007 2:33:01 AM
From: Elroy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575147

How many water lines run out to the desert.....they're called hookups? Most American cities have enough water in reservoirs scattered throughout a metro area so its fairly easy to put in the hookups needed to build on vacant land. I suspect that's not true in Dubai; that desalination plants limit the amount of land upon which can be be built. Therefore the land where hookups do exist becomes more valuable, concentrating development and making new construction more expensive. One possible reason for the property boom and escalating prices. Sure, but can't they just build more desalination plants? Land is pretty close to unlimited. That makes the property boom hard to understand.

To: tejek who wrote (324806)	2/6/2007 3:10:22 AM
From: Elroy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575147

Some comments on water. Note the last sentence! Water 'is running out because it is being provided for free' By Emmanuelle Landais, Staff Reporter gulfnews.com Dubai: The cost of water in the UAE should be raised to limit its wastage, an environmental expert has suggested. Increasing water and electricity costs and introducing a "polluters pay" policy whereby residents pay adequately for what they use and consume, is one way to decrease our impact on the planet said Gustav Grob, executive secretary of the International Sustainable Energy Organisation (ISEO) at the renewable energy conference, Renergex 2007, yesterday in Dubai. Renergex 2007 is being held under the patronage of the Ministry of Energy and the Zayed International Prize for the Environment to promote renewable energy options in the UAE, where sunshine and wind could be used instead of fossil fuels. According to Dewa (Dubai Electricity and Water Authority) a gallon of tap water only costs 3 fils. "Polluters should pay tariffs. It is my strong recommendation that costs of water and electricity be increased. Electricity paid by residents here could never actually cover the costs of running an electricity plant," said Grob. "Water is running out because it is being given away for free. Taxes should be introduced. The polluters pay principle might work but you need laws, rules and to work with the government." "Who pays for pollution here? Nobody," he said. Grob also highlighted that renewable energy solutions have to be found fast as finite energy resources are on the decline. Grob's comments were reiterated by Professor Engin Ture, associate director of the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation-International Centre for Hydrogen Energy Technologies (UNIDO ICHET) in his presentation on environmental problems. "We are destroying our world. The damage will increase with global warming."