Suburban Guerrilla

The Next Shortage

Nov 21st, 2007 at 9:17 pm by Susie

on 21 Nov 2007 at 9:49 pm1fdeaton

I’ve been saying for years that water will be a huge problem and now we’re seeing the results of unbridled growth and, unfortunately, most people still don’t see the looming water shortage problem!
on 21 Nov 2007 at 9:49 pm2brendan

meh.
we get what we deserve.
on 21 Nov 2007 at 9:58 pm3JJ

Y’know, Susan, there’s an awful lot of water in Canada.

And there’s an awfully long and undefended border…
on 22 Nov 2007 at 1:35 am4Izquierdo

One very encouraging note:
The word “privatization” was nowhere to be found.
Or is it lurking just beyond the reporter’s scope?
on 22 Nov 2007 at 1:54 am5American Skunk

See also: Atlanta and northern Georgia.
Doh!
on 22 Nov 2007 at 8:27 am6Michael Bloom

SF writer (and winger) Jerry Pournelle speculated that 21st century LA would get its water by hunting icebergs in the arctic and towing them down. Best get some engineers working on it. If not that, we might be stuck with Lyndon LaRouche’s nuclear-powered desalination plants.
on 22 Nov 2007 at 10:52 am7memyself

Beer is better anyway.
on 22 Nov 2007 at 12:16 pm8Susie

I guess you haven’t heard - there’s a hops shortage, and so beers are going up, too.
on 22 Nov 2007 at 1:06 pm9Susie

That would be an interesting idea if we had any icebergs left.