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Subject:Re: distilled water & wbx reliabilty
From:developtrust
Date:Mon, 18 Feb 2002 16:15:46 -0800

I like your dream. I hope I see it come true in my lifetime.

William Polowniak
1989 Vanagon GL
1988 Mercedes 300 SESubject: RE: distilled water & wbx reliabilty

> By using water unnecessarily we are adding to the problem of depleting the
> water table faster than it can be replenished.  Ask any Floridian.  In
> effect we interrupt the natural water cycle.  Yes, the water ends up in
the
> rivers, with more or less acceptable impurity levels according to our EPA,
> but we get our drinking water from other sources.
>
> By de-salinating the sea water efficiently and without undue by-products,
> then pumping this water to the users, we would no longer deplete the water
> table.  The used household water would be processed, put into rivers where
> it returns back to the ocean in an acceptable form.
>
> I think that's how my dream went.
>
> Then there was that part where the black boys and girls were judged by the
> content of their character, not the color of their skin, and the tangled
> discards of our nation were turned into a beautiful symphony of
brotherhood.
>
> So I'll just keep on dreaming.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
> Of developtrust
> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 3:27 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: distilled water & wbx reliabilty
>
>
> Don't we pay for the water we use? I get a water bill every two months.
And
> what about the wear and tear on the water recovery systems?
>
> William Polowniak
> 1989 Vanagon GL
> 1988 Mercedes 300 SE
>
> > Ok, my degree is in business and computers, not science, so I'm
certainly
> > not an expert, but doesn't water that goes "down the drain" end up back
in
> > the water supply? If so, in the long term, how is it wasted?
> >
> > John Flaherty
> > Portland, Maine
> > '84 GL
> >
>