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 Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 1:10 am Post subject: Water Wars |
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| Quote: | The world faces a future of "water wars", unless action is taken to prevent international water shortages and sanitation issues escalating into conflicts, according to Gareth Thomas, the International Development minister.
The minister's warning came as a coalition of 27 international charities marked World Water Day, by writing to Gordon Brown demanding action to give fresh water to 1.1 billion people with poor supplies. "If we do not act, the reality is that water supplies may become the subject of international conflict in the years ahead," said Mr Thomas. "We need to invest now to prevent us having to pay that price in the future."
His department warned that two-thirds of the world's population will live in water-stressed countries by 2025. |
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| Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 3:46 am Post subject: Re: Water Wars |
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Ireland is either going to be invaded or become a global superpower.
| Quote: | | An 11% increase in rainfall in Ireland is predicted by 2050 as a result of Climate Change. That is according to David Taylor, Chief Executive – SEI, who was chairing a Climate Change seminar in Dublin today, entitled Weathering the Storm. The seminar debated the impacts of climate change in Ireland and the need for us all to take action on the energy related causes now. |
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| Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 4:26 am Post subject: Re: Water Wars |
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There are enough descendents of Ireland here in the states that perhaps the United States has more of a claim on Ireland than the Irish.
It is not an invasion, just a reclaiming of our native land.
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kokoda
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| Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 8:34 am Post subject: Re: Water Wars |
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| Madpaddy wrote: | Ireland is either going to be invaded or become a global superpower.
| Quote: | | An 11% increase in rainfall in Ireland is predicted by 2050 as a result of Climate Change. That is according to David Taylor, Chief Executive – SEI, who was chairing a Climate Change seminar in Dublin today, entitled Weathering the Storm. The seminar debated the impacts of climate change in Ireland and the need for us all to take action on the energy related causes now. |
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Dammit you have our water. I demand you return it immediately or face the consequences. |
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| Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 9:18 am Post subject: Re: Water Wars |
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That huge slurping sound you hear is enormous amounts of water being syphoned from Canada...largely under the radar of the general public and the news media. Complicit with the Canadian govt's approval...business as usual. 
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dohboi
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| Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 2:49 pm Post subject: Re: Water Wars |
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| How did our water fall on your land? |
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| Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 1:33 pm Post subject: Re: Water Wars |
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| FourOfSwords wrote: | That huge slurping sound you hear is enormous amounts of water being syphoned from Canada...largely under the radar of the general public and the news media. Complicit with the Canadian govt's approval...business as usual.
Alex |
tar sands... stupid, unethical, greedy, destructive, childish, adicted, ...
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| Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 2:56 pm Post subject: Re: Water Wars |
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| wisconsin_cur wrote: | There are enough descendents of Ireland here in the states that perhaps the United States has more of a claim on Ireland than the Irish.
It is not an invasion, just a reclaiming of our native land. |
Absolutely! There are more Irish in America than in Ireland.
Plus that is really our water falling there. It's our carbon-dioxide hard at work creating the changes in weather patterns.
And the Irishman wants to take advantage of that.
Never!
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Kaj
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| Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 3:24 pm Post subject: Re: Water Wars |
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Maude Barlow on the water crisis:
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=4023738317195133856
Places that are drying up: The Middle East, 22 countries in Africa, All of modern China, huge parts of India, Australia, the Mexican Valley, South West United States - now increasingly on the Eastern Seaboard.
She also says that corporations view water as the most important resource in the world. |
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Madpaddy
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| Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 3:29 pm Post subject: Re: Water Wars |
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Tell you what,
You can take the 90% of our water that we don't need if you promise to take back McDonalds as well.
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