Re: Overpopulation

From: Chuck Kuecker (ckuecker@ckent.org)
Date: Sat Feb 23 2002 - 17:50:41 MST


Obviously, you have never seen a Cary, Illinois water bill - or the
associated late charge - or the restrictions on use if there's two weeks
without rain in the summer...

(We can't get Lake Michigan water - on the wrong side of the watershed)

Chuck Kuecker

At 03:37 PM 2/23/02 -0800, you wrote:

>Isn't the Colorado River water fully utilized? I don't think
>that water is dumped into the briny deep anymore.
>
>The problem is that we think of water as free. If fresh water
>had a price tag associated with it, we might move to stop
>the waste. Likewise with sunlight: practically unlimited
>wealth, being spilled upon the ground. spike



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