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Think about this next time you turn on your PS2
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 7:36 am
by Category 5
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 7:41 am
by HURAKAN
Wow, didn't know that. When you buy a product already made there is a disconnection with what went into making it. You just go and buy it and usually don't think about how much effect and it seems in this case, blood, it was put to making it. You are only preoccupied to find the cheapest!
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 8:27 am
by gtalum
Meh. You can't blame industry for the fact that some people act like animals when presented with a valuable opportunity.
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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 9:50 am
by vbhoutex
gtalum wrote:Meh. You can't blame industry for the fact that some people act like animals when presented with a valuable opportunity.
Agreed, but can/should you demand that the industry try to find a less volatile(for lack of better wording) replacement for it?
Re: Think about this next time you turn on your PS2
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 9:58 am
by Numlock
This sort of thing is tragic, but there's really no way to change it or even keep it from getting worse at this point.
If you think conflicts like this are bad, wait until people are fighting over zinc, copper, and of course, petroleum.
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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 10:18 am
by gtalum
vbhoutex wrote:Agreed, but can/should you demand that the industry try to find a less volatile(for lack of better wording) replacement for it?
Then the conflict will just move elsewhere. What's the difference?
We can't halt or slow our own progress for this kind of reason, IMHO.
Re: Think about this next time you turn on your PS2
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 11:48 pm
by Ptarmigan
Wars have always been fought because of resources. Our next war will be over water. Mark my words.
Re: Think about this next time you turn on your PS2
Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 4:50 am
by Ad Novoxium
Ptarmigan wrote:Wars have always been fought because of resources. Our next war will be over water. Mark my words.
Are you forgetting that skirmish between Tenessee and Georgia for Georgia to gain water for its drought by entending the state line up, claiming part of Tenessee? Sadly, it can happen.
Re: Think about this next time you turn on your PS2
Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 7:18 am
by gtalum
Ptarmigan wrote:Wars have always been fought because of resources. Our next war will be over water. Mark my words.
Real water wars may happen eventually, but the next several will likely be over oil like the last few.
More likely, though, a combination of desalination plants and salt tolerant plants will help deflect any chance of war over water.