The other point that should be made is that OPEC has considerable control over the
price
and amount of oil sold worldwide. Many interpret NAFTA as requiring that water be
exported
to the US and MExico only at the same price as it is sold in Canada and except in
special
circumstances we would not be able to forbid exports or restrict them. Americans and
MExicans have the same claim to our water resources as Canadians.Already there is a
suit
against BC by a California company for the BC government refusal to grant export
licences
for water. This is how the US deals with OPEC?.
CHeers Ken hanly
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> Careful Michael,
> Canada has a large STOCK of fresh water, but a limited FLOW of
> 'excess' fresh water. If I remember the figures correctly, only about
> 15 % of Canada's water could be exported without severely causing
> a water crisis in Canada. This would hardly solve California's water
> problem, never mind the rest of the worlds.
>
> Paul Phillips,
> Economics,
> University of Manitoba
>
> Date sent: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 15:11:18 -0700
> From: Michael Perelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [PEN-L:21086] Re: Re: water water everywhere
> Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> > Canada, of course, is the OPEC of water.
> >
> > Rod Hay wrote:
> >
> > > Now here I admit is a problem. Not so much in the quantity of water, but the
> > > difficulties of transporting it. The distribution of population in the world does
> > > not match the distribution of the fresh water. And or course moving the people to
> > > Northern Canada will just exacerbate the energy situation. It gets cold up there.
> > > Ask Ken, and he is not all the way up there.
> > >
> > > In Ontario while there is lots of water, there is a problem keeping it clean. A
> > > recent outbreak of E. coli bacteria, near me, is suspected to have begun when
>heavy
> > > runoff from farmers' fields infected the town's water system.
> > >
> > > If weather patterns are changing. It would require an immense adjustment to
> > > accommodate.
> > >
> > > Rod
> > >
> > > Michael Perelman wrote:
> > >
> > > > One of the problems with this debate is the certainty being bandied about. I
> > > > admit that I have not been able to read all the posts.
> > > >
> > > > Let me suggest that I suspect that the crisis in water will hit before the
> > > > energy crisis. For many, it already has. My daughter tells me that even soggy
> > > > Portland is worried about enough water.
> > > >
> > > > The water crisis may be even more intractable than the energy crisis -- I don't
> > > > know. The first step would be to develop forms of communication, which come
> > > > before organizing. Yelling at each other is exactly what not to do. Tell me
> > > > how I can talk to my father or my neighbor about such things in a way that they
> > > > can understand.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > >
> > > > Michael Perelman
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> > >
> > > --
> > > Rod Hay
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> >
> > --
> >
> > Michael Perelman
> > Economics Department
> > California State University
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