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Comment on: Scatbug's Scatterings

Behold! The Eco Grail! (Well...Maybe not.)

9 Comments
Saturday, June, 14, 2008 11:00 PM Sheila writes:

Hey Scatbug!

Guess the next big thing to invest in is desalinization plants...think there's enough water in the ocean to keep us going for a while?
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Sunday, June, 15, 2008 12:49 PM Scatbug writes:

You know....

Only a wacko right wing earth-destroying cretin would talk about "investing" in water. And that's why I too think it's a smashing idea! I'm off to call my broker!!

(Maybe we should also look into ice mining. There's water in them thar polar ice caps!)
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Monday, June, 16, 2008 3:21 PM Sheila writes:

That's me! ...:)

Let me think, maybe I could sell water from my pool, and make a fortune...hmmm...all kinds of possibilities here...

Ice mining...you are always thinking Scatbug! Got that on my to do list...
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Monday, June, 16, 2008 4:26 PM Redhead writes:

Who was that guy

From "Brewster's Millions"? He wanted a "grant" from Brewster to attach motors to icebergs to drive them down to the states.

Yeah, it was funny then...
Now, though, a bottle of Desani is over $1 for a 12 liter. Man, gas seems cheap by comparison!
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Monday, June, 16, 2008 6:53 PM Scatbug writes:

Sheila

That's the spirit! Turn that wasteful pool into a neighborhood water distribution hub, buy out all the other pools in the area and become an H2O tycoon!
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Monday, June, 16, 2008 6:56 PM Scatbug writes:

Redhead

By golly, I do remember that. Hilarious. And I can hear the Democrats now: "Working families are having to decide whether to buy water to drink or to put in their SUVs..."
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Thursday, June, 19, 2008 7:18 AM Mike writes:

Water

If water were to become increasingly commercial, I can think of one really good benefit. An incentive would be created for coming up with more advanced desalinization equipment. If we were able to remove the salt from saltwater quickly and efficiently, we would have a near unlimited supply of water and the problem could work itself out.
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Thursday, June, 19, 2008 7:20 AM Mike writes:

Whoa

I thought I was all smart and stuff, and it looks like Sheila made my point before me. Doh!
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Thursday, June, 19, 2008 8:47 AM Scatbug writes:

Mike

Regarding desalinization, that's what makes the last quote I highlighted so amazingly stupid. There's a pretty good track record from the past 100 years of what happens when you remove profit motive from another basic human need: food. The Ukraine. Russia. China. North Korea. Ethiopia. Somalia. All of the great 20th century famines were caused by preventing the people who grew food from selling it.

As for water, what we need is a Bill Gates of desalinization.
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