tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4073345.post114041682952467487..comments2023-11-05T03:03:19.000-05:00Comments on Floating Clouds, Gliding Eagle 飄雲翔鷹: For All the Tea in China, Not Enough WaterWarrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11864305536434125111noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4073345.post-1146041400737912702006-04-26T04:50:00.000-04:002006-04-26T04:50:00.000-04:00We won't be able to avoid the politics when things...We won't be able to avoid the politics when things get desparate. China will have to call in its IOUs in the form of grains and other foods. (It is how water resources are made portable.) <BR/>Lester Brown has been writing about this for many years.<BR/><BR/>http://www.worldwatch.org/topics/people/water/<BR/><BR/>The increase demand for cattle in China, especially in the form of dairy cows, is one way the water is getting used at a higher level.<BR/><BR/>Lee In Mashiko, JapanTogeikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03718418401458480928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4073345.post-1142837313199571372006-03-20T01:48:00.000-05:002006-03-20T01:48:00.000-05:00I think that research on what has become of those ...I think that research on what has become of those springs could be bundled into a fascinating book.<BR/><BR/>Just my two cents.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00182329612531965655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4073345.post-1142128040187279032006-03-11T20:47:00.000-05:002006-03-11T20:47:00.000-05:00I don't really care about the political stuff. I j...I don't really care about the political stuff. I just look at the water situation from a perspective of tea enjoyment. Kind of makes your tea hard to swallow when you know most of the water is polluted. And the romantic notion of pure mountain springs and brewing tea, like in ancient China - is kind of lost when water sources are so polluted.<BR/><BR/>Kind of makes you wonder, of the many famous springs in China, how many are no longer - dried up; or how many are unstuitable for drinking due to ground water contamination.<BR/><BR/>I don't have an answer for that, but maybe I can find out sometime. I do know, some of those famous springs mentioned in historical tea texts no longer exist.Warrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11864305536434125111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4073345.post-1141587320697559892006-03-05T14:35:00.000-05:002006-03-05T14:35:00.000-05:00I was just having this discussion with another US ...I was just having this discussion with another US friend. He doesn't agree that there is a water crisis growing anytime soon.<BR/><BR/>The political implications are pretty interesting -- best discussed over a cup of tea.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00182329612531965655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4073345.post-1140821272226044092006-02-24T17:47:00.000-05:002006-02-24T17:47:00.000-05:00Average daily domestic water use in Canada of 335 ...Average daily domestic water use in Canada of 335 litres, in the US it's 380 litres; and in China it's only about 80 litres per person per day.Warrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11864305536434125111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4073345.post-1140815792027285202006-02-24T16:16:00.000-05:002006-02-24T16:16:00.000-05:001 000 litres of water = 1 cubic meter. That means ...1 000 litres of water = 1 cubic meter. That means per capita water availability of 500 cubic meters would translate into 500 000 litres. But that just means how much water is available. It's not indicative of how much water the average person uses in China.<BR/><BR/>In Canada, we use 335 litres of water a day. In the US, they use 380 litres of water a day. In North America, we really take water for granted. Most of the water we use is wasteful.Warrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11864305536434125111noreply@blogger.com