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Imagine a town with no water
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20 August 2013, 13:19
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20 August 2013, 13:31
maybe in the states where huge distances and temperature variations exist but in the UK? I don't know where you live but here in the SW we may have the mildest climate but we have the heaviest rainfall in the UK.the one thing we wont be short of is water.
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20 August 2013, 13:52 (This post was last modified: 20 August 2013, 13:55 by Mortblanc.)
One will also find that this is an area that has artificially sustained its population for decades.

In the preindustrial era that geographic area never sustained a population other than nomadic tribes chasing starving buffalo herds. It was not considered habitable until deep drilling and windmills brought water to the surface in the late 1800s. The same technology that brought deep oil reserves to the surface were used to bring deep water to the surface.

There are places that should not be expected to support human population naturally and when the technology that does allow population to exist no longer functions it is time for that population to move to another place.

West Texas is a desert region. When one attempts to operate a town/farm/ranch in a desert, during DROUGHT, the water supply is going to fail!

And this is not the first time!

During the 1930s this was the heart of what we called the "dust bowl". Millions migrated to other areas due to the drought that occurred during that decade. When the technology developed to allow the extraction of water from deep aquifers (800 ft) The population began "recovering" to an artificial level.

The local government has been shouting for attention and warning that the water supply was failing in this area since the mid 1980s, long before "fracking" was an issue.
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20 August 2013, 16:16
My bad - should have stuck it in the scenarios section. It highlights possible danger from fracking as showing a goverment not caring as long as its making money. And on a personal note I felt well sorry for the townsfolk.
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20 August 2013, 16:21
(20 August 2013, 16:16)MCavity Wrote: My bad - should have stuck it in the scenarios section. It highlights possible danger from fracking as showing a goverment not caring as long as its making money. And on a personal note I felt well sorry for the townsfolk.

If you want to see something really depressing then watch "Gasland"
Flammable water straight from the tap...
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