On Tue, 30 Sep 2014 15:00:52 -0400, wrote:

On Tue, 30 Sep 2014 11:12:37 -0500, Califbill
wrote:


Way back in 1992 I watered my lawn for one quarter, water billing
period. When I got the bill I was shocked at the cost and decided that I
would not water my lawn ever again. In the winter the grass turns brown,
in the spring it tuns green, in the summer it turns brown and in the
fall it tuns green again.

Water is not that bad priced. Where we live we get water and sewage charge
on the bill. About $60 I think. Former abode, we got the sewage charge as
an annual charge on our tax bill. Let us deduct it from taxes.

That may be part of the problem out there. Water is pretty expensive
here and they don't even have that much of a shortage. I think it is
something like $13 a 1000 gallons with the sewer (the sewer is as much
as the water and based on water use)

Wow. My last water bill was $2.95/1000gal. The sewer charge is based
on winter water consumption and ran $6.55/1000gal. I guess I shouldn't
bitch too much.

On Mon, 29 Sep 2014 21:04:35 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 29 Sep 2014 16:12:08 -0700, jps wrote:


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/0...n_5843534.html


I have been saying for a long time that we will run out of water long
before we run out of oil.
California is one of the best examples. They have taken a some of the
biggest rivers in the US and turned them into mud holes.
It is not the only one tho, What they are doing to Ogalalla aquifer
might actually be harder to fix. That is not simply overusing snow
melt, they are pumping down fossil water that will take thousands of
years to replace.

And that water has been used mostly to water cows.

Sad.

On 10/1/2014 6:42 PM, jps wrote:
On Mon, 29 Sep 2014 21:04:35 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 29 Sep 2014 16:12:08 -0700, jps wrote:


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/0...n_5843534.html


I have been saying for a long time that we will run out of water long
before we run out of oil.
California is one of the best examples. They have taken a some of the
biggest rivers in the US and turned them into mud holes.
It is not the only one tho, What they are doing to Ogalalla aquifer
might actually be harder to fix. That is not simply overusing snow
melt, they are pumping down fossil water that will take thousands of
years to replace.

And that water has been used mostly to water cows.

Sad.



You have something against cows?

"Mr. Luddite" wrote:
On 10/1/2014 6:42 PM, jps wrote:
On Mon, 29 Sep 2014 21:04:35 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 29 Sep 2014 16:12:08 -0700, jps wrote:


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/0...n_5843534.html


I have been saying for a long time that we will run out of water long
before we run out of oil.
California is one of the best examples. They have taken a some of the
biggest rivers in the US and turned them into mud holes.
It is not the only one tho, What they are doing to Ogalalla aquifer
might actually be harder to fix. That is not simply overusing snow
melt, they are pumping down fossil water that will take thousands of
years to replace.

And that water has been used mostly to water cows.

Sad.



You have something against cows?

More like subsidized ethanol.

On Wed, 01 Oct 2014 19:38:01 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 10/1/2014 6:42 PM, jps wrote:
On Mon, 29 Sep 2014 21:04:35 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 29 Sep 2014 16:12:08 -0700, jps wrote:


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/0...n_5843534.html


I have been saying for a long time that we will run out of water long
before we run out of oil.
California is one of the best examples. They have taken a some of the
biggest rivers in the US and turned them into mud holes.
It is not the only one tho, What they are doing to Ogalalla aquifer
might actually be harder to fix. That is not simply overusing snow
melt, they are pumping down fossil water that will take thousands of
years to replace.

And that water has been used mostly to water cows.

Sad.



You have something against cows?


Cows were herded by cowboys. Cowboys fended off rustlers,
rattlesnakes, and indians with guns. Ergo, cowboys were bad - and that
makes cows bad.

Poco Loco wrote:




On Wed, 01 Oct 2014 19:38:01 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:



On 10/1/2014 6:42 PM, jps wrote:



On Mon, 29 Sep 2014 21:04:35 -0400, wrote:



On Mon, 29 Sep 2014 16:12:08 -0700, jps wrote:



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/0...n_5843534.html



I have been saying for a long time that we will run out of water long before we run out of oil. California is one of the best examples. They have taken a some of the biggest rivers in the US and turned them into mud holes. It is not the only one tho, What they are doing to Ogalalla aquifer might actually be harder to fix. That is not simply overusing snow melt, they are pumping down fossil water that will take thousands of years to replace.



And that water has been used mostly to water cows. Sad.



You have something against cows?



Cows were herded by cowboys. Cowboys fended off rustlers, rattlesnakes, and indians with guns. Ergo, cowboys were bad - and that makes cows bad.

They had guns...

On 10/4/2014 11:13 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 04 Oct 2014 21:30:22 -0400, Roger wrote:



Roger, I bet a lot of folks are going to have trouble with that HTML


What kind of trouble?