<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000">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</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Sep 3, 2022 at 2:47 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg8156625573979173543"><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="m_8156625573979173543WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] Hurricane-proof building<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Sat, Sep 3, 2022 at 10:05 AM BillK via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><blockquote style="border-top:none;border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);padding:0in 0in 0in 6pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in"><p class="MsoNormal">Cat 5 hurricanes<u></u><u></u></p></blockquote><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">>…I know what the name means, but the wording keeps reminding me of <a href="https://imgur.com/APtfacz" target="_blank">https://imgur.com/APtfacz</a> .<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Well there ya go, Adrian. I am more a dog person myself but the image shows that a hurricane can be a good thing.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">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 Colorado. <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="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" target="_blank">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</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">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 where it came.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">spike <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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