A few weeks ago, I went down to Florida to visit my parents. They live on a lake that is part of that great system of canals and lakes of southern Florida.
The water was so low, it looked kind of disgusting.
I had never seen this before and I wondered, “What is this going to do to their property value?”
Of course, nothing is forever and lakes do refill. But it is disarming to see a large lake shrinking into a field of mud tiles.
You start to think about end-of-days scenarios with people roaming the earth with their straws, feverishly sucking up the last bits of silty sludge they can find.
The only thing to do is to curb the birth rate. I do understand alternative fuel. I don’t understand alternative water.
Perhaps with alternative fuel (fusion of seawater?) we may also desalinate sea water for drinking.
What will happen to the oceans then?
Aww hell---we are the future sci-fi characters, flying around space, looking for a new hospitable home.
Maybe.
Thirsty?
1 comment:
South Florida's water woes are because of a very limited supply. Their water comes from diverting the flow of Lake Okeechobee to the Everglades. The diversion causes problems of a lack of freshwater in the Everglades, too much salt, and causes the "River of Grass" that runs between the lake and the see to dry up. South Florida's very existence is dependent on this diversion, and it's not inexhaustible. You've got to hope less people want to move there, but I don't see that happening anytime soon.
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