Paul Hurdsfield - Joint Manchester AO Posted May 17, 2006 Posted May 17, 2006 Just think, If they start tankering water from Scotland to the south. With all the extra polution from the tankers. Global warming will increase. The ice caps will melt. Sea levels will rise. London will be under six feet of water. And I will live on a tropical island called Oldham so whats the problem Quote
steve_m Posted May 17, 2006 Posted May 17, 2006 If the ice caps are melting why are we short of water ? The water table will rise (eventually) along with the sea. Quote
Blatman Posted May 17, 2006 Posted May 17, 2006 Dunno about you, but I ain't keen on drinking sea water. That said though, if we were to start building and using desalination plants, then like most meditteranean/sub tropical countries I've visited, we won't necessarilly be short of water, and if we're taking lots of water out of the sea, it won't rise by nearly so much... Quote
scooby Posted May 17, 2006 Posted May 17, 2006 drought my A*** Not stopped p******** it down in Glossop for about 9 weeks Quote
scruffythefirst Posted May 17, 2006 Posted May 17, 2006 if we were to start building and using desalination plants we won't necessarilly be short of water We have enough water, we just need to use it a bit more sensibly, all these national transfer schemes, desalination plants, tankers and the like are completley missing the point Quote
scruffythefirst Posted May 17, 2006 Posted May 17, 2006 drought my A*** Not stopped p******** it down in Glossop for about 9 weeks That'll be the EA's fault, as soon as we announce drought measures it rains Quote
Blatman Posted May 17, 2006 Posted May 17, 2006 we won't necessarilly be short of water We have enough water, we just need to use it a bit more sensibly, all these national transfer schemes, desalination plants, tankers and the like are completley missing the point Easy tiger. I was jumping on the p*** taking bandwagon... Quote
Mrs Westy Posted May 17, 2006 Posted May 17, 2006 I was jumping on the p*** taking bandwagon... Alternatively, we could purify that to help solve the problem Quote
scruffythefirst Posted May 17, 2006 Posted May 17, 2006 Easy tiger. I was jumping on the p*** taking bandwagon... I know, but i'm in a huff so I'm going to wash the car. Quote
Blatman Posted May 17, 2006 Posted May 17, 2006 My neighbour was washing his van this morning... with a Karcher... Quote
Boomy Posted May 17, 2006 Posted May 17, 2006 They could have helped by not building 40 trillion new homes all over Kent in the last 6 months. Quote
scruffythefirst Posted May 17, 2006 Posted May 17, 2006 My neighbour was washing his van this morning... with a Karcher... Uses less water than a normal hose pipe, and if you do it by a drain it goes back into the system, where as if you watered the garden, that all ends up as evaporation or transpiration Quote
Blatman Posted May 17, 2006 Posted May 17, 2006 My neighbour was washing his van this morning... with a Karcher... Uses less water than a normal hose pipe, and if you do it by a drain it goes back into the system, where as if you watered the garden, that all ends up as evaporation or transpiration But uses a lot more than the bucket and sponge I feel obliged to use so that I comply with the hose pipe ban... Quote
steve_m Posted May 17, 2006 Posted May 17, 2006 Will that not work then What if we bury some hippies in the lakes ? They won't soak up water like earth does so the water level will rise - clever eh ? Quote
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