Curly Judge wrote: » But it is acceptable! Even on this Shinner laden site you have failed to get the majority vote. You have lost the run of yourselves if you think having 100 thousand on the street is the same as winning a general elections.
sonofenoch wrote: » Noonan comparing water to electricity.....'sure be jaysus what if electricity was free, sure they'd be leaving the lights on all night in the middle of summer' not sure how that translates in German..
Bongalongherb wrote: » I was just watching the RTE 6:01 news there, and Michael Noonan says that 'water is a scarce resource'. This man is on another planet.
Deleted User wrote: » Potable water IS a scarce resource.
gladrags wrote: » The protests are not organised by SF. Because only 100,000 or so march does not mean that they DO NOT have the support,of the vast majority. Can you prove otherwise?
[Deleted User] wrote: » Potable water IS a scarce resource.
Curly Judge wrote: » The only proof I need in a democracy is the results of the last general elections. When your lot win an overall majority at the ballot box you can then give us all the benefit of your wonderful managment. By the way, can you prove that, even now, you control a majority? You can't even win the poll conducted on this site.
Bongalongherb wrote: » It just goes to show you how many people that don't look up and feel/see/notice the rain these days. Maybe Ireland's climate with it's rain all the time cannot be recognised by some folk. Hello... it's a raining again, all the time all year-round, and it's supposed to be scarce ?. The mind boggles.
Creative Juices wrote: » To be fair we had an exceptionally dry summer. I have never seen Lough Corrib so low. And reservoirs have been known to run dangerously low which is why Dublin Corporation want to pipe water from the Shannon.
gladrags wrote: » More throwaway rhetoric. Lets keep the thread all things water, instead of another us v them scenario.
Bongalongherb wrote: » Yes, I understand that in some counties it was a dry one just passed, but in all fairness, the stuff just dries up for a while and then, the heavens open non-stop for months. It's not dry all year-round at all, but it is Not by any measurement of the imagination 'scarce'. What the heck was Noonan thinking jwhen he said that.
Going Forward wrote: » There's no scarcity of potable water in Ireland nor in most of the EU. The overall abstraction and consumption of water resources is currently sustainable in the long-term.http://www.eea.europa.eu/themes/water/water-resources Ireland, due to a combination of factors including location and climate is particularly well resources:http://www.earthzine.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Figure-21.jpg
gladrags wrote: » For some,but not fot Baldy Noonan. He won't have to piiss into his kettle,to make a cup of tea.
Bongalongherb wrote: » Yes, I understand that in some counties it was a dry one just passed, but in all fairness, the stuff just dries up for a while and then, the heavens open non-stop for months. It's not dry all year-round at all, but it is Not by any measurement of the imagination 'scarce'. What the heck was Noonan thinking when he said that.
yipeeeee wrote: » The heavens open non stop for months???? This is Ireland not Vietnam.
hju6 wrote: » Anything to back that up with, with reference to Ireland?[/QUOTE It's not like electricity. There is no national grid for water. Each town and city relies on it's own discrete local water infrastructure. The 100 year old reservoir in Dundalk ran out of capicity in the 1970's and water now comes from a lake in Co Monaghan 20 miles away. It was a very scarce resource in the summer every year when there was none in the taps overnight. Not every town or city could find a similar solution. Dublin may have to go to the Shannon for extra supplies. There are one million extra people in the country compared to 20 years ago. There could be another million extra by 2050. Potable water could run out in particular towns or cities if the local reservoirs are insufficient to service their increased populations during prolonged dry spells. Predicted to be one of the effects here of global warming.
Bongalongherb wrote: » Well, you should live in Ireland for a year or two and then you will see. Just because we had one dry spell in a few counties for part of one year, it sure as hell comes down a lot here in Ireland. Maybe specsavers would be a good place to start.
Going Forward wrote: » He has to chance it, lots of people fall for that kind of thing.
Curly Judge wrote: » You people do know the difference between water and potable water?
dxhound2005 wrote: » hju6 wrote: » Anything to back that up with, with reference to Ireland?[/QUOTE It's not like electricity. There is no national grid for water. Each town and city relies on it's own discrete local water infrastructure. The 100 year old reservoir in Dundalk ran out of capicity in the 1970's and water now comes from a lake in Co Monaghan 20 miles away. It was a very scarce resource in the summer every year when there was none in the taps overnight. Not every town or city could find a similar solution. Dublin may have to go to the Shannon for extra supplies. There are one million extra people in the country compared to 20 years ago. There could be another million extra by 2050. Potable water could run out in particular towns or cities if the local reservoirs are insufficient to service their increased populations during prolonged dry spells. Predicted to be one of the effects here of global warming. For once I agree with you.
cajonlardo wrote: » Getting sick to the back teeth of this suffering "middleclass" bit. My bill is the same as yours and the same as a millionaires or anyone else. While the people on this island squabble for their selfish interests "middleclass" v self employed or welfare we will all lose out.
Going Forward wrote: » There's no scarcity of potable water in Ireland nor in most of the EU. The overall abstraction and consumption of water resources is currently sustainable in the long-term.http://www.eea.europa.eu/themes/water/water-resources Ireland, due to a combination of factors including location and climate is particularly well resourcedhttp://www.earthzine.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Figure-21.jpg
yipeeeee wrote: » It doesn't rain non stop for a week in Ireland let alone a month.
hju6 wrote: » Anything to back that up with, with reference to Ireland?[/QUOTE Quote dxhound2005 "It's not like electricity. There is no national grid for water. Each town and city relies on it's own discrete local water infrastructure. The 100 year old reservoir in Dundalk ran out of capicity in the 1970's and water now comes from a lake in Co Monaghan 20 miles away. It was a very scarce resource in the summer every year when there was none in the taps overnight. Not every town or city could find a similar solution. Dublin may have to go to the Shannon for extra supplies." There are one million extra people in the country compared to 20 years ago. There could be another million extra by 2050. Potable water could run out in particular towns or cities if the local reservoirs are insufficient to service their increased populations during prolonged dry spells. Predicted to be one of the effects here of global warming." So how IS potable water scarce then, without the could, may, was, and condescending reference to electricity claptrap
![Photo of [Deleted User]](https://wf.vanillicon.com/v2/f054c80ff399c4eba8d719c617220a57.svg)
![Photo of [Deleted User]](https://wa.vanillicon.com/v2/a7c7072853f9055e289219cc5ced5a14.svg)
