Comments on: Could we be running out of water? http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2008/06/05/could-we-be-running-out-of-water/ What is seen and what is unseen. Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:26:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Erika Andrews http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2008/06/05/could-we-be-running-out-of-water/comment-page-1/#comment-12248 Erika Andrews Sat, 28 Jun 2008 04:48:07 +0000 http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2008/06/05/could-we-be-running-out-of-water/#comment-12248 No argument there. If solution is as simple as it sounds, why aren't we doing something about it? Is it that people don't realize what is happening? Another thing I don't understand is why it is relatively free. It seems that these days we pay for everything. Even things we own such as property taxes on the land that our homes are on. We have already paid for it, so why do we have to continue paying to live there? I'm sure there is a logical explanation; however, that is not the point I'm trying to make here. The point is that if we know that our water is running out, why is it still free. If property charges apply, the market could protect our future. Again, as in the price of oil, it seems that our market could save us, if we let it. No argument there. If solution is as simple as it sounds, why aren’t we doing something about it? Is it that people don’t realize what is happening? Another thing I don’t understand is why it is relatively free. It seems that these days we pay for everything. Even things we own such as property taxes on the land that our homes are on. We have already paid for it, so why do we have to continue paying to live there? I’m sure there is a logical explanation; however, that is not the point I’m trying to make here. The point is that if we know that our water is running out, why is it still free. If property charges apply, the market could protect our future. Again, as in the price of oil, it seems that our market could save us, if we let it.

]]> By: Brooke Hochstetler http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2008/06/05/could-we-be-running-out-of-water/comment-page-1/#comment-12222 Brooke Hochstetler Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:24:44 +0000 http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2008/06/05/could-we-be-running-out-of-water/#comment-12222 The issue of water shortage is one which has been debated for centuries. Obviously the shortage of water is a great issue to the large metropolitan areas in dry climates such as Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Phoenix. Geographic areas along the Gulf Coast and north east which have a large amount of rain fall, do not have such a challenge with water shortage. Obviously as the U.S. population increases there will need to be a greater effort to conserve water in our daily lives. This conservation of water will only begin when U.S. population is directly impacted as we are currently experiencing the shortage in supply of gasoline. Unfortunately we tend not to take seriously the use of our natural resources and only when we as individuals are directly impacted do we become concerned. In recent years out lakes and reservoirs levels have dropped due to the lack of snow and rain fall creating a mild rationing of water usage. An example is only watering your lawn on certain day of the week as experienced in the mid west and western parts of the United States. Another example would be the unusual lack of rain fall experienced in the south east part of the United States. With our fresh water supply coming primarily from rain fall and snow fall, it makes one wonder why there is a lack of research in techniques to transform salt water into fresh water. It appears that at some point in time in the future there will be a water shortage and I am hopeful that we as consumers should plan ahead and be more prudent in the daily usage of our water supply. Brooke Hochstetler Morris Coats 211 Econ Class M-F 9:40-11:40 The issue of water shortage is one which has been debated for centuries. Obviously the shortage of water is a great issue to the large metropolitan areas in dry climates such as Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Phoenix. Geographic areas along the Gulf Coast and north east which have a large amount of rain fall, do not have such a challenge with water shortage. Obviously as the U.S. population increases there will need to be a greater effort to conserve water in our daily lives. This conservation of water will only begin when U.S. population is directly impacted as we are currently experiencing the shortage in supply of gasoline. Unfortunately we tend not to take seriously the use of our natural resources and only when we as individuals are directly impacted do we become concerned.
In recent years out lakes and reservoirs levels have dropped due to the lack of snow and rain fall creating a mild rationing of water usage. An example is only watering your lawn on certain day of the week as experienced in the mid west and western parts of the United States. Another example would be the unusual lack of rain fall experienced in the south east part of the United States.
With our fresh water supply coming primarily from rain fall and snow fall, it makes one wonder why there is a lack of research in techniques to transform salt water into fresh water. It appears that at some point in time in the future there will be a water shortage and I am hopeful that we as consumers should plan ahead and be more prudent in the daily usage of our water supply.

Brooke Hochstetler
Morris Coats 211 Econ Class
M-F 9:40-11:40

]]> By: Nathan Naquin http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2008/06/05/could-we-be-running-out-of-water/comment-page-1/#comment-12173 Nathan Naquin Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:31:32 +0000 http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2008/06/05/could-we-be-running-out-of-water/#comment-12173 This is Nate Naquin from Morris Coats econ 211 class. I believe that this is a true problem all over the world! People don't realize the percentage of fresh water on Earth. If everyone abuses the little abundance of fresh water we have, it will cost everyone in the long run. It is not a cheap task to desalt the water from oceans and etc. If the countries had to rely on that event to supply drinking water and etc, the price of bottled water would be dramatically high priced. I believe some kind of property right or something of that sort should be placed on ground water. Nothing to extreme though, just some compensation for the use of the water. Nothing is free in this world, and normally if it is nothing good will come from it. This is Nate Naquin from Morris Coats econ 211 class. I believe that this is a true problem all over the world! People don’t realize the percentage of fresh water on Earth. If everyone abuses the little abundance of fresh water we have, it will cost everyone in the long run. It is not a cheap task to desalt the water from oceans and etc. If the countries had to rely on that event to supply drinking water and etc, the price of bottled water would be dramatically high priced. I believe some kind of property right or something of that sort should be placed on ground water. Nothing to extreme though, just some compensation for the use of the water. Nothing is free in this world, and normally if it is nothing good will come from it.

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