[Vision2020] Water: What's your position was: Are we the cause?

[Nils Peterson]

On 4/26/06 8:03 PM, "Matt Decker" <mattd2107 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> ...One thing that
> gets me is no one knows when our water will run out. Should this be cause
> for concern? Your damn right. Should we stop all growth, no. Mark where is
> your stance on growth? Should we alter it? Stop it? What should we do?
> 
> Lets move our motivations towards an alternate source, such as a resevoir or
> grey water, before we start running out all of the fellas who depend on
> growth for their survival.

Matt, I tried to suggest earlier that to be successful politically, any plan
needs to capture some of the middle of the body politic.

One of those middle grounds is those who are willing to conserve but can't
afford to invest to conserve.

Another middle ground would be to continue growth but require that it be
done within the water budget. To do so might require the toilet upgrade
process discussed earlier. That might make development a bit more expensive,
but that could be a political middle ground between unfettered growth and no
growth.