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Pooling Our Resources
Let’s face it, folks, it’s hot. The ol’ mercury is exploding through the tops of thermometers across the country. Greenhouse effect, global warming, thermal inversion… call it what you want, we’re in trouble because we don’t have enough water.
Oh, we have water, every single drop that’s ever been on the planet is still here, in one form or another. The problem is, the oceans are rising, and more and more water is being allotted to environments not readily available for watering our lawns and filling our swimming pools. Every human contains about fifteen gallons of pure H2O, more or less, so why not avail ourselves of it? Take the Chinese, for example… what are there, twenty or thirty billion of them, now? Multiply that by fifteen and see what you come up with.
Now wait a second, don’t go flying off the handle. I’m not suggesting that we just start assassinating folks, that purely wouldn’t be kosher. However, I am able to envision a method of ‘harvesting’ a little of that un-tapped biological source of agua.
How many elections do you suppose we hold every year just here in America alone? The Senate holds elections, the House of Representatives holds elections, legislatures in every state, city, county, municipality, civic group and trailer park hold elections… and they all have one thing in common.
They all have at least one loser.
The loser… friends, think about the word for a second or two. Loser. The one word in our language capable of conjuring up the vilest of images regarding the unfortunate individual in question. Loser.
Worthless.
Not so, people; even these pitiful examples of everything we despise can yet serve a purpose. They can become the untapped bounty of our thirsty nation. We merely harvest their fifteen gallons. Presto. No longer will the good citizens of places like Palm Springs, Scottsdale, Miami Beach and Beverly Hills be forced to limit their lawn-watering time to seven hours per day: Soon, they will be able to leave their sprinklers on for literally weeks on end.
Plus, I suspect there might be fewer folks clamoring for political power if we up the ante a bit. Give it some thought… perhaps the plentiful water, with its obvious benefits, might suddenly become secondary by comparison.
Bob Church © 7/23/02
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