This Solution May be a Win - Win

Hi Everyone,

The southern mid-west of this country and all the way to the west coast, has been in a severe drought for some time now. Even the snow pack totals in northern California has been a lot less then usual for years. Unfortunately, for the foreseeable future, there are no different weather patterns, consequently the drought will continue for who knows how long. But, while large parts of this country are in a drought, the north and south pole glaciers are melting at an alarming rate due to global warming. The direct result of which is that the ocean levels are rising and will eventually threaten all coastal cities around the world.

As to why global warming is happening is not the subject of today's blog. Today's blog is about a solution to both the drought and rising ocean level problems. I think that a common sense solution would be to build a whole lot of desalination plants along the west coast and if need be, where ever they are needed. The desalination plants could definitely supply the much needed fresh water. But, in addition, depending on how many plants are built worldwide, they could conceivably keep the ocean levels at bay or at the very least, could postpone the threat to coastal cities. Sounds far fetched, but it just might work. The toughest part of this idea is building the tens or hundreds of thousands of miles needed for the pipelines.

Unfortunately, time is not on our side. In order for something this big to happen, countries would need to make a leap of faith and begin the projects sooner rather than later. Even though building the plants would take years, it is the building of the infrastructure that will take many more years. That's why time will eventually be against us all and why forward thinking will be a necessity.

Just some food for thought.

Til next week.

Peter