Monday, June 29, 2009

Atleast We Won't Miss the Toilet

Peak Oil is the sexy crisis. It's definitive: no gas at the station, you don't drive. It's giant: Huge companies conspiring with mysterious international cartels to separate you from your cash. But it's not the only crisis.

No one is talking about Peak Water. Besides not being able to live without it for more than 3 days, if the only "potable" stuff you get is tainted you end up with a bunch of fun bits:


Now scientists are connecting the dots with evidence of increasing abnormalities
among humans, particularly large increases in numbers of genital deformities
among newborn boys. For example, up to 7 percent of boys are now born with
undescended testicles, although this often self-corrects over time. And up to 1
percent of boys in the United States are now born with hypospadias, in which the urethra exits the penis improperly, such as at the base rather than the tip.


Atleast the pee stains on the floor will desist. :) If you don't like reading, Flow: For the Love of Water is a great introduction to the topic.

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