California bond allows private companies control of water
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Posted By Jose - Mon, Jan 04 2010 at 4:44 AM ESTWe helped create the problem and industry will soon sell us the
Unfortunately we have polluted our waters so heavily by supporting industry waste to the point that this sort of thing is necessary. When tests are showing high levels of every chemical in the book then it's time to filter the water we use daily. Filtered water comes at a great cost financially and to our health. Maybe if we had been more conscientious about pollution to begin with and not been so indiscriminate in our purchases this would not be the case. WE AS A NATION made this happen;.... More
Posted By investor 22 - Mon, Jan 04 2010 at 3:40 AM ESTdocumentaries
Rent the documentary: "Blue Gold - World Water Wars" or "Flow" to learn about the sneaky attempts to privatize public water supplies and what happens when these private companies take over the water supply.
Posted By Jim Jones - Sun, Jan 03 2010 at 11:43 PM ESTDidn't CA Already Make This Mistake?
Wasn't privatization at the heart of the CA energy crisis just a few years ago? Is there any way to segment the water supply giving the consumers first priority with public rates and commercial entities a private market and supply?
http://jimasks.me/if-you-could-choose-how-you-would-die-what-would-you-c....... More
Posted By BiospherePreservation - Sun, Jan 03 2010 at 9:56 PM ESTWater is a right - privatization is a choke-hold
I just had an artesian spring dry up... in Portland, OR... due to a manipulated water table because special interests (a golf course) and other entities manipulating the local acquifer. You let water be privatized... and you'll be paying thru the nose for it... on top of your property taxes... to the tune of the price of a gallon of gas. Get the picture?
Posted By Kringle - Sun, Jan 03 2010 at 8:03 PM ESTBig Energy's Next Step?
Is this perhaps how big-energy companies who currently lease hydroelectric operations from the Department of Energy, etc. are planning to rape the consumer to try to maintain their declining energy revenues as the grid decentralizes into efficient home-based generation?
Why tell us now?
Which is worse, the privatization bill or the fact that media outlets like this one only made the information available after the fact?
Seems like dome reporters and editors are asleep at the wheel and definitely helping industry drive us off the cliff. Nice work Stephanie...not.