Posted on March 2, 2008 by Jared Simpson
If this new documentary about the global water crisis (link is to five Flash trailers) and the threat of privatization of water doesn’t frighten you, you are:
catatonic
dead
Jack Bauer
Oh wait, you may also be Jeff Siegal. [After being terrified by the trailers, check out our page of web resources on water privatization from [...]
Filed under: For the love of water, Jack Bauer, Maude Barlow, Privatization, Privatization of water, bottled water, contaminated water, global water problems, water conservation, water contamination | 5 Comments »
Posted on February 18, 2008 by Jared Simpson
Executive summary
Today we proudly launch Getting serious with Waterblogged.info: Water Privatization, a page of web resources related to the question of whether small groups of people should be permitted to own and control the elixir of life and disseminate it to the rest of the globe for their personal gain. Obviously, we don’t think [...]
Filed under: Privatization, Privatization of water, global water problems | 1 Comment »
Posted on December 28, 2007 by Jared Simpson
The Earth’s Most Precious Resource May Be the 21st Century’s Most Lucrative Investment!
Here’s How To Profit from the Coming Fresh Water Shortage!
What really ticks off the admittedly self-righteous and sometimes easily-provoked Waterblogged.info editorial staff? People like Jeff Siegal, managing editor of the Green Chip Review newsletter, and author of the giddy opening sentences.
Siegal’s newsletter–absolutely FREE [...]
Filed under: Privatization, Privatization of water, desalination | No Comments »
Posted on September 24, 2007 by Jared Simpson
In a recent post, Ten water-related reasons to leave California, Waterblogged.info shamelessly hung out some of its dirty laundry. We revealed the somewhat bitter rift between our editorial board and the people who actually do the work around here. This blog is nuts, they harp. What’s the point of all of this aimless groaning and [...]
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Posted on September 14, 2007 by Jared Simpson
Many faithful Waterblogged.info readers have expressed urgent concern about the lack of new postings in the last few days. We do apologize, but there’s good reason: Turmoil. Editorial turmoil. Grumblings from the Waterblogged.info editorial board—”a complete lack of focus disguised as a global perspective,” and “no apparent mission aside from complaining and hand-wringing about water,” [...]
Filed under: Arnold Schwarzenegger, California water, Delta smelt, Environmental destruction, Federal government water management, Privatization, San Joaquin Delta, contaminated water, water pollution | No Comments »
Posted on August 27, 2007 by Jared Simpson
Introductory articles about desalination invariably point out that simple schemes for desalting seawater have been practiced since very ancient times—sometimes to get at the salt rather than water. For example, Waterblogged.info’s crack researchers have lost count of the number of times they’ve read that Aristotle wrote about a basic distillation process for separating salt and [...]
Filed under: Alexander Trevi, Environmental destruction, Fred Pearce, Privatization, desalination, global water problems, solar distillation, technology | No Comments »
Posted on August 26, 2007 by Jared Simpson
Of course not, but everyone—including the stridently gloomy and pessimistic Waterblogged.info—would like it to be true. An unlimited supply of water delivered to us just in the nick of time by heroic hydrologists is an appealing and comforting concept. The problem is that too many in the world see desal as a panacea that renders [...]
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