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Well water is not free either. My father had a well on his farm. Not a well with a bucket. A well with an electric motor. Motor doesn't run? Water doesn't run. Ergo, not "free". I'd say rain water is free. Creek water is free. Especially if you are immune to whatever might creep into that water. The most wasted water in the world is rainwater. Must be about 99 percent just runs off. And sadly, before that happens it destroys things in its path. In the city, we control it sufficiently to capture it in the storm sewer system that drains it into the river. If we have a rain garden, that prevents some of it from getting into the storm sewers. If we had underground tanks, we could conceivable use it for everything but drinking.
Ah - but even rainwater isn't free everywhere. Many of the western states have begun enforcing rainwater collection laws, The logic being - collecting rainwater is essentially stealing water from it's intended destination.........which would be government controlled rivers or bodies of water.
Thankfully, in the Northeast, we're not fighting for every drop of water..........Yet.
Not that long ago people would have laughed at a message that claimed free water. Today though, it's not that funny anymore. Came across a great website I figured I'd share, you can even join in on the project. The site's called Find A Spring and it 's cataloging fresh water springs with public access from all over the world.
Many of the sites have reader comments and even purity test results. What a great way to help reconnect with the Earth!
This is the more interesting graph as it shows the cyclical acceleration and deceleration of the rise:
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Linear mean sea level trends were calculated in overlapping 50-year increments for stations with sufficient historical data. The variability of each 50-year trend, with 95% confidence interval, is plotted against the mid-year of each 50-year period. The solid horizontal line represents the linear mean sea level trend using the entire period of record.
For now maybe.......let's see what happens in the next 20 years
Actually, air is one of the only things that's still free. Unless you have a spring in your backyard, you're still paying something to get that water to your tap. It could be argued that there is an inherent cost to most "free" things. Be it a postage stamp, gas in your vehicle or your time and effort, there is almost always a cost.
As soon as the government figures out how to do it, we'll probably be getting a "clean air" tax
.....and the Bushes didn't buy one of the largest water reserves in the world in Paraguay/Brazil to create a amusement park.......Water is the new oil for uber rich investors.
Still say that what's falling from the sky is a gift. We use it to water plants in our yard. Who complains? But any other water costs something to catch and deliver. Can't be free under those circumstances. It is costing somebody something, and there's no reason your water should be paid for by someone else. The key to me is profit. I see no reason why something that you'd die if you couldn't get it should be only available from a private source.
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