[ExI] Hurricane-proof building

[William Flynn Wallace]

I know that desalinization is expensive, though some Middle East countries
do it - no choice I reckon.  But surely people are working on the
technology to improve it.  What else could we do?   bill w

On Sat, Sep 3, 2022 at 2:47 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> *From:* extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> *On Behalf
> Of *Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat
> *Subject:* Re: [ExI] Hurricane-proof building
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> On Sat, Sep 3, 2022 at 10:05 AM BillK via extropy-chat <
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> Well there ya go, Adrian.  I am more a dog person myself but the image
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> Over time, we recognize that human populations increase and that
> consequently the demand for water increases.  In the USA, we already have
> one once-mighty river that no longer makes it all the way to the sea: the
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> https://www.google.com/search?q=end+of+the+colorado+river&rlz=1C1SQJL_enUS782US782&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjC-Y3XsPn5AhUOFjQIHSFrDDQQ_AUoAXoECAIQAw&biw=1495&bih=1098&dpr=1#imgrc=jN-mSbDR_PtnvM
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> It is easy enough for me to see that eventually the Sacramento and most
> rivers will no longer flow to the sea.  We will use all of that water, for
> fresh water will be too valuable to dump into the sea.  We will pour it
> through crops, forests, toilets and food beasts before dropping back from
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