[Vision2020] Thirsty for a Wal-Mart?

[Jeff Harkins]

And what Mark said was:

>>Do we want to give all our water to Wal-Mart?

An alarmist, irresponsible position to argue.

At 03:39 PM 5/1/2006, you wrote:
>Jeff writes:
>
>"Let's agree not to argue from fear-based 
>positions, but to work towards developing our 
>water resource to meet our needs."
>
>Unless I have been a terribly stupid, 
>mal-informed reader which is entirely possible, 
>what  Mark (and Diane, Bill, et al) are saying is:
>
>"...let's work toward developing our needs to 
>meet the water resource (to the best of our current knowledge)."
>
>
>Art Deco (Wayne A. Fox)
><mailto:deco at moscow.com>deco at moscow.com
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jeff Harkins" <<mailto:jeffh at moscow.com>jeffh at moscow.com>
>To: <<mailto:vision2020 at moscow.com>vision2020 at moscow.com>
>Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 2:19 PM
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Thirsty for a Wal-Mart?
>
> > Mark,
> >
> > Thanks for response and your point is
> > well-taken.  But please concede that Walmart
> > shoppers are members of the community as well -
> > Walmart is an existing business and has been a
> > good member of our community.  What is the point
> > of disenfranchising them from their share of the local water resource?
> >
> > As to the water resource, there is some argument
> > as to whether the groundwater system is finite -
> > and if it is, what the boundaries of "finite"
> > really are.  I do concede that the global supply
> > of water is finite - there is not much we can do
> > with water except change its form (gas, liguid,
> > solid).  But we both know that available surface
> > water far exceeds our current and long-term water needs.
> >
> > Let's agree not to argue from fear-based
> > positions, but to work towards developing our 
> water resource to meet our needs.
> >
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