Towns May Shut Off Tap On Home Car Washing

[Wellardmac]

ccm911 wrote:

Hmmm..... with all this food for thought, there is only one thing to do. And that is to go out to the driveway on Sunday and wash the cars. I think it may be going up to 50. Yee Haw.

That's what I like to see - a realistic acceptance that mankind is doomed, so we should just enjoy our cars while we can.

For me the saddest thing is the realization that a lot of damage has already been done and nature is already compensating. The worst thing is that the countries that are causing most damage right now are the ones that will not be changing their behavior.

Here's more food for thought. China is currently the world's largest consumer of raw materials (we are the world's largest consumer of end products per capita). Raw materials prices, (steel, concrete, oil, etc) are being influenced by the short supply caused by China.

83% of the Chinese population live in rural areas and do not drive. There is a trend towards urbanization and all those chinese will soon be driving (in the next 10-20 years) and consuming oil. How do you think things are going to look when one of the world's largest populations is consuming and polluting even more than they do now? They are already building 10-20 coal fired power stations per year and still are experiencing electricity shortages and rationing. All that pollution is effecting the Pacific Rim and the Western Americas (North and South). The effects of China Dust are documented and quite depressing.

Even better is that India is not far behind China in consumption. India and China have already started outsourcing to Africa, as the labor costs are cheaper.

I also think that this weekend is the time for the baby to go away for the winter... nothing is more relaxing than washing and waxing the car.