Are you a shower or a bath person? And how often?
Feb 11th 2014, 4:14 am
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Re: Are you a shower or a bath person? And how often?
China's probably is pollution of existing water rather than not having water. If they actually run out of water they can invade most of their neighbors without too much effort. Only Russia would pose a challenge, Uncle Sam has too much money tied up with China to fight them, and no political will.
More likely to just switch on a few of the dozens of reactors they are building and take what they need from the sea. And keep the population smoking heavily so the numbers go down.
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More likely to just switch on a few of the dozens of reactors they are building and take what they need from the sea. And keep the population smoking heavily so the numbers go down.
N.
https://www.chinadialogue.net/articl...he-Middle-East
I'm not really sure countries will really invade others to "get" water - the Nile, India/Pakistan are special cases as their water supplies are shared- water treaties are out of date or ignored and one country can effectively cut the other off.
Most interesting is the Blue Nile Dam project. Ethopia will screw Egypt big time, yet there is no border between them. The Egyptians will need to go through Sudan first. (and the Sudanese are less affected by the dam).
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Feb 11th 2014, 4:14 am
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Re: Are you a shower or a bath person? And how often?
China's probably is pollution of existing water rather than not having water. If they actually run out of water they can invade most of their neighbors without too much effort. Only Russia would pose a challenge, Uncle Sam has too much money tied up with China to fight them, and no political will.
More likely to just switch on a few of the dozens of reactors they are building and take what they need from the sea. And keep the population smoking heavily so the numbers go down.
N.
More likely to just switch on a few of the dozens of reactors they are building and take what they need from the sea. And keep the population smoking heavily so the numbers go down.
N.
I forsee South East Asian , like Vietnam, Philippines and others leaning towards the US for weapons and diplomatic support to thwart Chinese dominance.
Feb 11th 2014, 2:51 pm
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Re: Are you a shower or a bath person? And how often?
Cos they are short of reasons to hate each other
Feb 11th 2014, 2:54 pm
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Re: Are you a shower or a bath person? And how often?
Tom Clancy or someone similar wrote a good book years ago in which the Chinese and Indians carved up the pacific and siberia between them, seem to remember Australia was deemed quite attractive in terms of land mass and low population as was siberia.
Feb 11th 2014, 3:21 pm
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Re: Are you a shower or a bath person? And how often?
Australia was also the 'prize' Lex Luther (Gene Hackman) asked for in one of the early Superman movies...........
Feb 11th 2014, 3:49 pm
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Re: Are you a shower or a bath person? And how often?
Thing with Israel is that they are very limited fresh water resources, and Turkey was 1 country that was going to supply them with it but then the Mavi Marmara happened.
Feb 15th 2014, 6:21 am
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Re: Are you a shower or a bath person? And how often?
I was told recently that China has 5 years of usable water left that's why garment production is being moved to the likes of the Philippines, Vietnam etc. it's all very well talking about showering for shorter length of time but really that doesn't even touch the sides, the garment industry is one if the highest consumers of water and whilst we live in a disposable high demand retail market there won't be any change. H&m have started a responsible green range that doesn't pollute the water systems or use so much as the current methods but long term it will be a problem. We need to stop being so disposable and start using what we have responsibly, buy clothes that are made well and last longer, recycle more clothing, the over population of this planet is starting to rear it's ugly head and we all need to start thinking about every aspect if our lifestyles and what has to change. To keep expecting growth in economies that rely on high street spending us one of the biggest problems, we all need to embrace simpler lifestyles for it to be sustainable.
