Well, wata ya know!

[jc456]

One more reason to dismiss the fools clinging to the false crisis of “overpopulation,” a massive reservoir of freshwater has been detected under the sea floor off the east coast of the United States.

We have enough water, you ever heard of something called oceans? How about desalination?

I think thats going to be the end answer to our water problems.
Just gotta figure out a cheaper way of doing it.

why does it cost anything? shit everything's free these days right? ask a fked up leftist.

 

[toobfreak]

Well, wata ya know! One more reason to dismiss the fools clinging to the false crisis of “overpopulation,” a massive reservoir of freshwater has been detected under the sea floor off the east coast of the United States.

Well stated by the english grade school teacher! Yep, just start pumping all this water out from under the sea floor until it causes some sort of unforeseen geologic event! Keep stripping the Earth of every last vestige of resources we can find rather than balance our population.

Overpopulation? What overpopulation? Now we have to pump water out from under the Atlantic ocean for them to drink, what next, the Moon? Never mind we have no idea what that water is doing there or what else might already be using or depending on it!

 

[Unkotare]

Well, wata ya know! One more reason to dismiss the fools clinging to the false crisis of “overpopulation,” a massive reservoir of freshwater has been detected under the sea floor off the east coast of the United States.

Well stated by the english grade school teacher! Yep, just start pumping all this water out from under the sea floor until it causes some sort of unforeseen geologic event! Keep stripping the Earth of every last vestige of resources we can find rather than balance our population.

Overpopulation? What overpopulation? Now we have to pump water out from under the Atlantic ocean for them to drink, what next, the Moon? Never mind we have no idea what that water is doing there or what else might already be using or depending on it!

Are you doing your part by giving up the use of any of earth's natural resources? You're not a hypocrite, are you?

 

[toobfreak]

Well, wata ya know! One more reason to dismiss the fools clinging to the false crisis of “overpopulation,” a massive reservoir of freshwater has been detected under the sea floor off the east coast of the United States.

Well stated by the english grade school teacher! Yep, just start pumping all this water out from under the sea floor until it causes some sort of unforeseen geologic event! Keep stripping the Earth of every last vestige of resources we can find rather than balance our population.

Overpopulation? What overpopulation? Now we have to pump water out from under the Atlantic ocean for them to drink, what next, the Moon? Never mind we have no idea what that water is doing there or what else might already be using or depending on it!

Are you doing your part by giving up the use of any of earth's natural resources?

Yep! While neighbors have many large bags of trash and other stuff going out on a weekly basis, I average about ONE small bag of trash every two weeks.

 

[Unkotare]

...

Overpopulation? What overpopulation? ...

None.

 

[Unkotare]

One more reason to dismiss the fools clinging to the false crisis of “overpopulation,” a massive reservoir of freshwater has been detected under the sea floor off the east coast of the United States.

We have enough water, you ever heard of something called oceans? How about desalination?

Expensive.

Not for white people.

Start a new thread if you want to discuss your racism or your anti-religion bigotry. Don't troll this one.

 

[Unkotare]

Well, wata ya know! One more reason to dismiss the fools clinging to the false crisis of “overpopulation,” a massive reservoir of freshwater has been detected under the sea floor off the east coast of the United States.

Well stated by the english grade school teacher! Yep, just start pumping all this water out from under the sea floor until it causes some sort of unforeseen geologic event! Keep stripping the Earth of every last vestige of resources we can find rather than balance our population.

Overpopulation? What overpopulation? Now we have to pump water out from under the Atlantic ocean for them to drink, what next, the Moon? Never mind we have no idea what that water is doing there or what else might already be using or depending on it!

Are you doing your part by giving up the use of any of earth's natural resources?

Yep! While neighbors have many large bags of trash and other stuff going out on a weekly basis, I average about ONE small bag of trash every two weeks.

Are you still eating or drinking at all? Using any electricity?

 

[Olde Europe]

Well stated by the english grade school teacher! Yep, just start pumping all this water out from under the sea floor until it causes some sort of unforeseen geologic event! Keep stripping the Earth of every last vestige of resources we can find rather than balance our population.

Overpopulation? What overpopulation? Now we have to pump water out from under the Atlantic ocean for them to drink, what next, the Moon? Never mind we have no idea what that water is doing there or what else might already be using or depending on it!

Well stated. As far as I have seen, they have no idea whether that water is actually usable, or contains dangerous levels of (toxic) heavy metals, for instance. Whatever...

Also, they don't know how that water got there in the first place. If it's closed off, ancient water, the whole thing might collapse once they've pumped out enough of the water, triggering a major tsunami. Or, if it's groundwater seeping into that reservoir, it may well mean that, upon pumping, groundwater levels in New England sink. That would be fun, wouldn't it? Tapping water by way of horribly expensive drilling that would more easily have been extracted on the continent.

But yeah, rather than resolving to live sustainably, within the earth's carrying capacity, we'd rather deplete even more of the earth's (potentially) non-renewable resources, and continue to live as if future generations deserved to be punished for something. Watching a teacher celebrate that kind of oblivious irresponsibility is just mind-boggling.

Turns out, that thing was actually discovered in 2015, as described in 2017.

 

[toobfreak]

Well stated by the english grade school teacher! Yep, just start pumping all this water out from under the sea floor until it causes some sort of unforeseen geologic event! Keep stripping the Earth of every last vestige of resources we can find rather than balance our population.

Overpopulation? What overpopulation? Now we have to pump water out from under the Atlantic ocean for them to drink, what next, the Moon? Never mind we have no idea what that water is doing there or what else might already be using or depending on it!

Well stated. As far as I have seen, they have no idea whether that water is actually usable, or contains dangerous levels of (toxic) heavy metals, for instance. Whatever...

Also, they don't know how that water got there in the first place. If it's closed off, ancient water, the whole thing might collapse once they've pumped out enough of the water, triggering a major tsunami. Or, if it's groundwater seeping into that reservoir, it may well mean that, upon pumping, groundwater levels in New England sink. That would be fun, wouldn't it? Tapping water by way of horribly expensive drilling that would more easily have been extracted on the continent.

But yeah, rather than resolving to live sustainably, within the earth's carrying capacity, we'd rather deplete even more of the earth's (potentially) non-renewable resources, and continue to live as if future generations deserved to be punished for something. Watching a teacher celebrate that kind of oblivious irresponsibility is just mind-boggling.

Turns out, that thing was actually discovered in 2015, as described in 2017.

They created the same mess by pumping out underground water to feed California. I don't remember all the details but a similar thing happened with the Dead Sea: I think they cut off the flow of water into the Dead Sea for some alternate use and now the land all around the Dead Sea is in collapse. So now they are working to pump water into the Dead Sea from another nearby body what is very salty, but because the Dead Sea is so especially salty, this "fresh" water will be much less so, not only causing the water to cloud up in some sort of chemical reaction, but it will ruin the medicinal qualities the Dead Sea has long been know for.

Human Beings: Experts in unforeseen and unintended consequences. The fewer the better.

 

[Olde Europe]

They created the same mess by pumping out underground water to feed California. I don't remember all the details but a similar thing happened with the Dead Sea: I think they cut off the flow of water into the Dead Sea for some alternate use and now the land all around the Dead Sea is in collapse. So now they are working to pump water into the Dead Sea from another nearby body what is very salty, but because the Dead Sea is so especially salty, this "fresh" water will be much less so, not only causing the water to cloud up in some sort of chemical reaction, but it will ruin the medicinal qualities the Dead Sea has long been know for.

Human Beings: Experts in unforeseen and unintended consequences. The fewer the better.

I seem to recall similar catastrophes. Oh, just look at Aral sea, for the probably biggest man-made ecological catastrophe (so far):

Now they're trying to revive at least part of it, at considerable cost, while most of it will remain a near-uninhabitable desert. But yeah, let's extract more water, and turn more of the earth into dead zones. What could possibly go wrong?

 

[Sunsettommy]

They created the same mess by pumping out underground water to feed California. I don't remember all the details but a similar thing happened with the Dead Sea: I think they cut off the flow of water into the Dead Sea for some alternate use and now the land all around the Dead Sea is in collapse. So now they are working to pump water into the Dead Sea from another nearby body what is very salty, but because the Dead Sea is so especially salty, this "fresh" water will be much less so, not only causing the water to cloud up in some sort of chemical reaction, but it will ruin the medicinal qualities the Dead Sea has long been know for.

Human Beings: Experts in unforeseen and unintended consequences. The fewer the better.

I seem to recall similar catastrophes. Oh, just look at Aral sea, for the probably biggest man-made ecological catastrophe (so far):

Now they're trying to revive at least part of it, at considerable cost, while most of it will remain a near-uninhabitable desert. But yeah, let's extract more water, and turn more of the earth into dead zones. What could possibly go wrong?

It was caused by Communists who irrationally just diverted the river elsewhere. It is a classic example of lousy government decisionmaking.

It can be restored over time now that USSR (Socialist paradise) is a memory...

 

[Olde Europe]

It was caused by Communists who irrationally just diverted the river elsewhere. It is a classic example of lousy government decisionmaking.

It can be restored over time now that USSR (Socialist paradise) is a memory...

No, the river wasn't just irrationally diverted elsewhere. The water served their business interests they deemed more important than preserving the Aral Sea.

Oh, and in that other Socialist paradise:

List of drying lakes

A number of lakes throughout the world are drying or completely dry due to irrigation or urban use diverting inflow. Climate change is also a factor in drying some lakes.[1]

Salton Sea in California, U.S.[4]
Tulare Lake in California, U.S.[7]
Owens Lake in California, U.S.[9]
Walker Lake in Nevada, U.S.[10]
Mono Lake in California, U.S.[11]
White Bear Lake in Minnesota, U.S.[13][14]
Lake Meredith in Texas, U.S.[15]
Lake Mead in Nevada and Arizona, U.S.[23]​

 

[Carl in Michigan]

List of drying lakes

A number of lakes throughout the world are drying or completely dry due to irrigation or urban use diverting inflow. Climate change is also a factor in drying some lakes.[1]

Salton Sea in California, U.S.[4]
Tulare Lake in California, U.S.[7]
Owens Lake in California, U.S.[9]
Walker Lake in Nevada, U.S.[10]
Mono Lake in California, U.S.[11]
White Bear Lake in Minnesota, U.S.[13][14]
Lake Meredith in Texas, U.S.[15]
Lake Mead in Nevada and Arizona, U.S.[23]

Looks like another failure of liberalism

 

[mamooth]

The chicken littles shriek about "we have no more room on the planet!" until it is shown to them that we have 'room' to accommodate many, many times the current population

But you haven't shown that. Why did you think your piece did?

You're not making any sense. Why do you think a find of freshwater on the bottom of the ocean means plentiful supplies of everything for all of humanity? Your premise is in no way supported by your evidence, making it appeare that your premise is more of a wild-eyed religious belief.

 

[Unkotare]

...Why do you think a find of freshwater on the bottom of the ocean means plentiful supplies of everything for all of humanity? Your premise is.......

Stop right there. That is your straw man.

 

[Olde Europe]

...Why do you think a find of freshwater on the bottom of the ocean means plentiful supplies of everything for all of humanity? Your premise is.......

Stop right there. That is your straw man.

How can that be, teach, you don't understand what you are saying?

"One more reason to dismiss the fools clinging to the false crisis of 'overpopulation,' a massive reservoir of freshwater has been detected under the sea floor off the east coast of the United States."

"Overpopulation" is a global phenomenon. It is to be dismissed as a crisis of global proportions because freshwater has been found somewhere. Mamooth is exactly right, as have been other posters before, dismissing your "argument" (let's be charitable) as a non-sequitur. And you still don't seem to understand why that is.

 

[skookerasbil]

It was caused by Communists who irrationally just diverted the river elsewhere. It is a classic example of lousy government decisionmaking.

It can be restored over time now that USSR (Socialist paradise) is a memory...

No, the river wasn't just irrationally diverted elsewhere. The water served their business interests they deemed more important than preserving the Aral Sea.

Oh, and in that other Socialist paradise:

List of drying lakes

A number of lakes throughout the world are drying or completely dry due to irrigation or urban use diverting inflow. Climate change is also a factor in drying some lakes.[1]

Salton Sea in California, U.S.[4]
Tulare Lake in California, U.S.[7]
Owens Lake in California, U.S.[9]
Walker Lake in Nevada, U.S.[10]
Mono Lake in California, U.S.[11]
White Bear Lake in Minnesota, U.S.[13][14]
Lake Meredith in Texas, U.S.[15]
Lake Mead in Nevada and Arizona, U.S.[23]​

What a load of crap.........lakes have been drying up since the beginning of time. It is cyclical and related to drought conditions. Check any historical map of drought.....it comes and goes. Since forever..........doy

Only k00ks think drought started in the mid-20th century.........

Droughts in the United States - Wikipedia


Anyway.......only those who tend to the hysterical are sitting home worried about this!. Have watched the climate nutters posting up hysterical shit about drought for 10 years in here......its falling on deaf ears from sea to shining sea.

 

[Unkotare]

...Why do you think a find of freshwater on the bottom of the ocean means plentiful supplies of everything for all of humanity? Your premise is.......

Stop right there. That is your straw man.

How can that be, teach, you don't understand what you are saying?.....

I do understand what I'm saying. It seems that you do not.


"The chicken littles shriek about "we have no more room on the planet!" until it is shown to them that we have 'room' to accommodate many, many times the current population. They shriek about "all natural resources will be depleted by 5 PM tomorrow!" until they are shown that we have more than enough natural resources for many times the current population and that more are being found all the time. Then they shriek about pollution, politics, religion, etc. until it is pointed out to them that those problems will arise with as many as 2 human beings locked in a room together and have existed at every level of population throughout human history."

 

[Unkotare]

...

"Overpopulation" is a global phenomenon. .....

It is a false crisis that some people just can't let go of no matter how often or in how many ways it is shown to be groundless.

 

[skookerasbil]

...Why do you think a find of freshwater on the bottom of the ocean means plentiful supplies of everything for all of humanity? Your premise is.......

Stop right there. That is your straw man.

How can that be, teach, you don't understand what you are saying?.....

I do understand what I'm saying. It seems that you do not.


"The chicken littles shriek about "we have no more room on the planet!" until it is shown to them that we have 'room' to accommodate many, many times the current population. They shriek about "all natural resources will be depleted by 5 PM tomorrow!" until they are shown that we have more than enough natural resources for many times the current population and that more are being found all the time. Then they shriek about pollution, politics, religion, etc. until it is pointed out to them that those problems will arise with as many as 2 human beings locked in a room together and have existed at every level of population throughout human history."

In this age of social media, we just have an increase in the number of people who get alarmed about everything and automatically kneejerk to the whims of every bomb thrower out there. I remember back in the late 70's out on the campus of SUNY Stony Brook here in New York, these small groups of alarmist bozo's walking around with signs that conveyed the end of days........the Malthusian nutballs. They are still around in slightly higher numbers these days.......but completely irrelevant politically.