The Call Of Nature
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awww. What a dreadful ordeal!
And there they claim it never rains in southern California!
(Should be good for the ice plants, though. IIRC they should flower at this time of the year)
And there they claim it never rains in southern California!
(Should be good for the ice plants, though. IIRC they should flower at this time of the year)
The Call Of Nature
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Right! I had totally forgotten about that one. Isn't it overdue already? As far as I can remember there often were fires in December and rather regularly in January.
The Call Of Nature
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true. BUt it's a homemade problem. It's what comes from LA and SF draining the last little droplet of water from the mountains and their foothills. If they didn't, there'd be forrests and shrubs with wide roots that hold the soil in place like a net. As it is, in these semi-arid regions plants need carrot-like long roots to reach what little groundwater is left and these can't hold the soil. They are rather like a grid through which the mud slides easily.
Have you ever been in the Santa Ana Mountains above LA? It is a desert now with dead lakes with mummified fish. Only a century ago the area was inhabited by native tribes that lived on fishing and farming. Then came the big city with her insatiable thirst and the whole area got dried out. The water pipes for LA alone reach over 120 miles into the mountains. Those for SF are even longer.
The water supply isn't endless. There are already shortages. But if you hear that the average German uses 8 gallons of water a day and the average US-American 40, there is a lot of potential for saving water and rescuing your environment there.
Have you ever been in the Santa Ana Mountains above LA? It is a desert now with dead lakes with mummified fish. Only a century ago the area was inhabited by native tribes that lived on fishing and farming. Then came the big city with her insatiable thirst and the whole area got dried out. The water pipes for LA alone reach over 120 miles into the mountains. Those for SF are even longer.
The water supply isn't endless. There are already shortages. But if you hear that the average German uses 8 gallons of water a day and the average US-American 40, there is a lot of potential for saving water and rescuing your environment there.
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I use 3-4. 5-6 in summer (more showers and more laundry). For the garden I need about 2-3 gallons per day, but I collect rainwater for that purpose.
At my office we use rainwater for the toilet, car wash and garden (we have our own little beer garden =) ). And the water for the central heating is boiled in black pannels on one part of the roof. This summer we'll get photovoltaic pannels as well so that we can power all our computers with homemade electricity. As you may have guessed we like our independence. And our environment.
At my office we use rainwater for the toilet, car wash and garden (we have our own little beer garden =) ). And the water for the central heating is boiled in black pannels on one part of the roof. This summer we'll get photovoltaic pannels as well so that we can power all our computers with homemade electricity. As you may have guessed we like our independence. And our environment.
jack
The Legendary Troll Kingdom
Fixed.
hwell:
jack
The Legendary Troll Kingdom
That would make you a hypocrite. Photovoltaic panels are the worst thing that exist in the environment. As long as it's not YOUR land they're fracking for the heavy earth, who gives a fuck right?