tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post7128195211962022536..comments2024-01-29T03:04:24.219+11:00Comments on Flinders Family Freer: On poisons, farming and natureAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12315551718688781746noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-33727998399980187092013-03-19T14:50:02.409+11:002013-03-19T14:50:02.409+11:00Old post, so I don't know whether you'll s...Old post, so I don't know whether you'll see this comment.<br /><br />I was in a debate on a bulletin board about the sustainability of the planet and at what point the population will max out to a stable number. I had a very difficult time convincing people that the key ingredient is water. They kept going on about desalinization (however that is spelled) as if cost were no object, transportation difficulties didn't exist and drinking water were the only issue.<br /><br />There is no more depressing issue in environmental law (at least the US kind) than water law. The western U.S. has never had enough water, really, and with changing weather patterns it's probably going to get worse (or maybe not--one of the things about global warming is the effect on individual locations is impossible to predict).<br /><br />Lisa S. in SeattleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com