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     Kommentar till en text av GLEN JAMIESON
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Howdy Glen 
(getting you ready for Texas!)

-> 
->  -> Stage 5 has now come into effect.  No hoses, no sprinklers, and
gardens
->  -> can only be watered with a watering can. I've still got some wine
left.
->  -> 
->    -> I think an extra rainwater tank might be better in my case, as my
->  -> present single tank gets filled to overflowing in winter.  As nearly
->  -> all of our houses are single storey bungalows, they have a large
roof
->  -> area for water catchment.  Then, with electric pressure pumps this
can
-> 
->  -> etc if boiled, and you don't think about the pigeons...
->  ->  
->  HN> A good boil would make the billy just fine wouldn't it? How many
->  HN> gallons will  your single tank hold now? 
->  
-> I have found that the pigeons add less undesirable odours to the tea
-> than the sometimes over-chlorinated tap water; it is also a lot softer.
-> I just have to remember to screen out the larger solids when running
-> the water into the kettle.
-> 
You can just let the overchlorinated tap water "cure" for a bit and the
Chlorine will evaporate off. 

-> The rainwater tank is only a nominal 1500 gallons, but if it could be
-> filled several times during the year, that would save quite a lot of
-> water, although in comparison to my annual consumption of over 50,000
-> gallons, not much.  If I had 6 tanks, like a house nearby has just
-> installed, it would become much more significant.
-> 
Six tanks would certainly obviate your need for much of the
water....there'd probably be no lawn left to need it! (grin)

->  ->  HN> Our energy costs (electricity is generated from hydro power)
and 
->  -> 
->  -> Do you say a daily prayer of thanks to the Canuks for that blessing?
->  -> 
->  HN> Canuks my eye...we have the Bonneville power administration, we SELL 
->  HN> engery to both Canada and California! www.bpa.gov And of course my
->  HN> City  (Tacoma) has it's own dams and power generation as well as
->  HN> drinking water  supplies. 
-> 
-> Whoops!  So it must be the Californos who are also connected to
-> Canuk-power.  I knew some US states over your way were.
-> 
The Califunnies buy water, electricity, and oil from just about anyone that
has it for sale (grin)

-> The latest idea I have read of, proposed by a former Australian Prime
-> Minister, is for a fleet of sail and solar powered super-tankers to
-> carry fresh water from our most southerly, and wettest state, Tasmania,
-> to the mainland.  It is supposedly cheaper, and more energy-efficient
-> than desalination or long, undersea pipelines.
->  
Sure when the weather doesn't keep the ships in port! It would seem to me
with all your sun you'd be ideal for solar distillation...Israel and
several of the Arab states are into that on a large scale.

->  -> When first flying over USA, I was amazed at all the water I could
see -
->  -> rivers, lakes, wetlands - quite different from the endless dry, flat
->  -> country I was used to.
->  HN> We do have a wealth of resources...sadly that makes many of us
->  HN> cavalier in  the prudent uses of them. 
-> 
-> As the "bottom-less bucket" of resources is consumed by an increasing
-> number of people, suddenly the bottom of the bucket is becoming visible.
->  
->  ->  -> It is our children and grand-children who have to live with the
->  ->  -> consequences of our own neglect.
->  ->  HN> which makes it a lot easier for many of us to refuse to look at
the
->  ->  HN> problem,  and continue to make self centered and selfish
decisions.
->  HN> Oh so true and even more sad for all that!
-> 
-> Which I am sure your daughter is only too aware of!
->  
She's been made aware of it from childhood.

->  ->  HN> No threat of the South Australians "attacking" the border?
->  -> 
->  -> Attacks are limited to verbal ones.  As we point out at the
slightest
->  -> excuse, SA was the only state colonised by free settlers, while all
the
->  -> others were started as places to send British convicts and their
-> 
->  HN> So you're saying that SA isn't planning any "water raids"? 
-> 
-> The other states are in a position where they could turn off the tap!
-> We have to plead and beg, and hope that the Federal Big Brother will be
-> able to keep up the water pressure.
-> 
Sounds like they've already turned it off pretty much! 
chat with you soon
ha
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