Re: Dendrochronology throws doubt on Colorado water use allocations
- From: Aidan Karley <doIlookDAFTenoughTOpost@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 04 Jun 2006 19:00:44 +0100
In article <1284kct2nl1k4d8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jo Schaper wrote:
I have little sympathy for millions of people who move to a desert,(justIn terms of per capita rainfall, London is drier than some parts of
about everyone in the US west of the 100th meridian, excluding those in
the coastal rainforests of the states of Washington, Oregon, and
northern California), refuse to act like they live in a desert, and
come crying to those of us in wetter climes that they have a 'right' to
our water.
the African coasts of the Mediterranean. We regularly get bleating about
"oh why doesn't someone build a big pipeline from Scotland to London so we
can all carry on watering our lawns. Wailey, wailey!". Of course, what they
neglect to consider is that someone will *charge* for that water.
Significant parts of Southern England (the "Plains of Englandshire"
as they're disparagingly referred to from the civilised world) are already
under drought orders for the summer. We have our own water wars, thank'ee
<G>.
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Aidan Karley, FGS
Aberdeen, Scotland
Written at Sun, 04 Jun 2006 18:29 +0100, but posted later.
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