On Fri, 08 Jan 2016 13:44:02 -0700, Arthur Conan Doyle
wrote:

(Scott Lurndal) wrote:

That must be the most egregious false analogy I've seen in a great while.
So much for your nym.

Even you should realize that Apples are not equal to Oranges.

Classic ad hominem response. When you can't challenge the argument, attack the
messenger.

And indeed, one should reduce the use of water, where at all possible. It
is, indeed, a limited resource and one where the underground reserves are
dwindling fast and competition for whats left is heating up. Just look at
the Colorado river, or the perrenial water disputes between Ok and Tx.

Demonstrating a lack of basic geology. Look up the water cycle. Water is not
being destroyed or used up. Certain types of water may be less accessible than
they have been in the past, but with a few small exceptions, every molecule of
water that existed a thousand years ago exists today.

Just because that water was 200' below your feet yesterday, or in a river 10
miles away from your house today doesn't mean it always has to be there.

There is plenty of water, the problem is that most of it has about
36-37 PPT salt. The water we are in trouble with is fresh water and we
are using it faster than it gets replenished in over half of the
country.
In the west they are really using it faster than it falls and in the
south east we are just dumping it in the ocean before it can percolate
into the ground with ill thought out engineering projects to drain the
swamps.

We will run out of cheap water long before we run out of oil and
agriculture depends on cheap water.