Water Water Anywhere?

Greetings, Fellow Citizens,

Doing my weekly blitz of the newsprint media - and shocked to learn that newsprint is generally NOT made of recycled paper fibre - something has got to change there as well.... but here's what set off the alarm bells and made me dust off the keyboard and get back to the business of blogging.

Water Shortages Looming - by Steve Rennie (Canadian Press)

Talk about the glass being half empty. And what are we going to do about it? Try to get a complacent population to implement some water conservation? That would be the only way to keep the Federal Government's hands of managing another resource for us.

How can we instill the concept of personal responsibility - civic responsibility - the responsibility of citizens to manage their own lives to the extent that they are doing the right thing for the greater good - this isn't a noble concept, but a survival skill that ensures there will be enough fresh water, enough power/fuel, enough food for everyone to share the resources of the planet.

Glad to see that our Fair City is thinking about imposing restrictions on the sale of bottled water in civic institutions, BUT this will simply force people to buy soft drinks or sugar-filled juices THAT COME IN THE SAME DISPOSABLE BOTTLES - which may or may not recycled.

Hello - McFLY - ITS NOT THE CONTENT THAT ARE THE PROBLEM - its the delivery medium.

Forest - trees - what is so hard about thinking it through. And why can't medical science or Big Pharma discover a cure to the Political Knee Jerk Reaction? That would be as much a benefit to the human race as The Cure for All Diseases. Maybe we need to pay our politicians based on performance, and reward them for Gold Medal Level Stewardship of our culture, our nation and a sustainable way of life. Don't even get me started on the Olympics, the investment in sport versus arts & culture - and the amount of jet fuel and resources required to make the Olympics happen.

Incognito Ergo Sum,
Jane Doe, Citizen