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hedgie:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 24 Feb 2015, 00:52 ---Plus we are building more in flood plains, while at the same time insurers are starting to refuse flood insurance!
(I once had a house at the top of a hill; the insurers classified its flood risk not as "none", nor even "slight", but "moderate"!)
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I can haz ur water?
explicit:
--- Quote from: hedgie on 24 Feb 2015, 01:27 ---
I can haz ur water?
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Quote by: every Californian :D
SubaruStephen:
--- Quote from: hedgie on 24 Feb 2015, 01:27 ---I can haz ur water?
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*edit* just realized that it says Beyond Thunderdome above my avatar. :laugh:
hedgie:
--- Quote from: explicit on 24 Feb 2015, 01:28 ---
--- Quote from: hedgie on 24 Feb 2015, 01:27 ---
I can haz ur water?
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Quote by: every Californian :D
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Every summer, I'm tempted to look for wormsign.
Akima:
--- Quote from: explicit on 24 Feb 2015, 00:36 ---I do know it's mostly agriculture in CA (that is, what contributes towards water usage). The whole situation is pretty dumb. Personal use only takes up a small amount, most of it is farms and lawn care.
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It is a bit hard to maintain motivation to save water in your home, when you know that leakage from under-maintained water-mains in Sydney accounts for well over one hundred million litres per day (according to Sydney Water's own reporting), and that mispricing of the two-thirds of Australia's annual water supply consumed by agriculture leads to us growing thirsty crops like cotton in arid areas.
Oh well... You can't control the world; you can control yourself.
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