OK now, seriously people. This is getting bad, If you have ever watched the movie, "The Corporation" you would see that a company in the past tried to do this, ownership that allowed them to own all water contained in Bolivia, which meant water in the ground, rivers and that fell from the sky. Caught catching it in rain barrels meant you would be charged a fee. The country fought back in a Battle that took them to the streets and cost many a life, they won, however, apparently now looking back, maybe this was just the way corporations tested the waters, and now they must think the time is better, and apparently so, since according to this article already 5% of the worlds water is now privately owned.
Quote from the article: (from Celsias)
"The antidote to water commodification is its decommodification. Water must be declared and understood for all time to be the common property of all. In a world where everything is being privatized, citizens must establish clear perimeters around those areas that are sacred to life and necessary for the survival of the planet. Simply, governments must declare that water belongs to the earth and all species and is a fundamental human right. No one has the right to appropriate it for profit. Water must be declared a public trust, and all governments must enact legislation to protect the freshwater resources in their territory. An international legal framework is also desperately needed"
The world is running low on it's resources, as the population grows it will only get worse, we must act now to use these valuable resources in a way that allows every human the right to fresh water. (from the article) "For the fact is, we know how to save the world’s water: reclamation of despoiled water systems, drip irrigation over flood irrigation, infrastructure repairs, water conservation, radical changes in production methods and watershed management, just to name a few. Wealthy industrialized countries could supply every person on earth with clean water if they canceled the Third World debt, increased foreign aid payments and placed a tax on financial speculation."
Why are we not doing anything real about these problems, what do you think? are we complacent to these issues? is it a lack of exposure to the problems? or is there a lack of knowledge for the general public to understand whats wrong and how to fix it? or maybe like some you think this is the Lords plan and not only is there nothing we can do to stop it, but should we?
3 comments:
The fight for water is happening in our own backyards. Sask. & Montana have been fighting for their share of fresh water from Alberta for Years. See Alberta has been acused of Hording and Damning, and well... they have. Over the lasty decade or so they have spent millions building damns and lakes which stop the flow to our neighbors. By law they are not allowed to take and hoard any more than I think 20% per year. The acusation is that they have hoarded more than this... it's possible they are right it's possible they are wrong.
I have a problem with the hard infrastructure that we use to shed and disperse water. (Concrete, Asphalt, Structures, Concrete storm drains...) they in my opinion steal water from the earth by not allowing the water to be absorbed by the Earth. And in my opinion is the cause to the decrease in groundwater levels. I think this is a huge concern to the earth balance.
As for canceling the 3rd worlds debt; what would that teach them? That they can incure debt and not be responsible to repay it because the world will just forgive them their debts. Thats like the spoiled rich kid problem.
How do you spoil an entire nation of people living in piss poor conditions, who still collect and burn wood for heat, and drink contaminated water on a daily basis. We are the spoiled rich kids. I am sure that they would need / and or should require help when they were given there new found wealth, but thats not to say that we shouldn't do it.
Helping them is helping us, its actually a selfish move to relieve them of there debts.
not saying this is the only way to accomplish the final goal, however if this is how we start resolving the water and energy crisis that we have on our hands, I say stop talking and do it.
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David
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