Comments on: Vidal – Climate change shifts our delicate water balance

By: aspencer

aspencer — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 21:37:17 +0000

Why in your patriarchal pseudo-engagement do you assume that I’m a man? I asked whether you read it because it seems clear to me that you are trying to once more live in the past, instead of engaging with the future. When do we stop worrying about a previous millennium and focus on the now. Did you even read that Africa was fighting the battle through attempting to draw on ever-deeper ground water. As the article says “ the solution for each country is different. India will achieve the most by reducing the amount of water that its farmers use, whereas in China it is industrial and residential demand that is increasing rapidly, so building water infrastructure and pushing through water-saving reforms are the best solutions.” It seems focusing more on what you can do with available resources and not feeling so sorry for yourself is perhaps a better way forward.

By: africa_unite

africa_unite — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 13:43:25 +0000

If you have something to ask then ask it. Don’t be so criptic Mr Spencer. Have you got something of value to say? Have you read the article?

By: aspencer

aspencer — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 13:37:00 +0000

Did you even read the article?

By: africa_unite

africa_unite — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 13:30:40 +0000

I can’t agree more with the sentiments expressed in this article. What is problematic though is that richer countries as always can focus on energy-intensive technologies like desalination, where we in Africa don’t have such luxuries. The disproportionate effects of living in a post-colonial world seem to be evident in even the most basic of commodities, namely water.