Across the south-west, residents of small communities like Barnhart are confronting the reality that something as…
Across the south-west, residents of small communities like Barnhart are confronting the reality that something as basic as running water, as unthinking as turning on a tap, can no longer be taken for granted.
Three years of drought, decades of overuse and now the oil industry’s outsize demands on water for fracking are running down reservoirs and underground aquifers. And climate change is making things worse.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/11/texas-tragedy-ample-oil-no-water
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“The day that we ran out of water I turned on my faucet and nothing was there and at that moment I knew the whole of Barnhart was down the tubes,” she said, blinking back tears. “I went: ‘dear God help us. That was the first thought that came to mind.”
Only when we see no way out, do we call on God to help us out. Why should He? We know damn well well what we are doing and so we have to bear the consequences. Only thing unfortunately is, those who do the irreparabel damage are far out of sight.
One just has to look around with open eyes to see what grave mistakes (if one can call it that!) have been done, yet nothing seems so bad that we slam the brakes on.
The futile pursuit of finite fossil fuels, fed by greed with disregard for the Earth and her resources, wildlife and humanity has led to this as a direct and wholly predictable consequence. Taking a different path would have prevented this.