World Futures: Water Water Everywhere
World Futures: What Do We Need?
By ANDY ANDREWS
Los Alamos World Futures Institute
“Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink,” from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 1797-1798. On Earth, 97 percent of the water is saline, in oceans, seas and saline ground water.
Per Wikipedia, “Fresh water is naturally occurring on the Earth’s surface in ice sheets, ice caps, glaciers, icebergs, ponds, lakes, rivers and streams, and underground as ground water in aquifers and underground streams.” Approximately 3 percent of Earth’s water is fresh water. It Read More
McQuiston: Are You Unsure About Uninsured Motorists Coverage?
Tales Of Our Times: Old Mines Tell Candid Stories
By JOHN BARTLIT
New Mexico Citizens
for Clean Air & Water
Preface
Letter To The Editor: Carbon Dividends
Carbon Dividends. Many scientists in Los Alamos have a clear understanding that climate change is very real, and cite several observable effects as evidence. One of these effects is the very rapid increase in the number of record amounts of rainfall across the country, or record drought severity, or record heat spells, or record cold spells, various examples of instability in our climate.
See below for more in the way of evidence, but first we want to call everyone’s attention to a possible solution.
The June 20 edition of the Wall Street Journal, The Washington Read More
McQuiston: Precious Cargo – Keeping Your Children Safe
Letter To The Editor: Restore Office Of Sheriff Duties
Open letter to the Council and all citizens of Los Alamos County concerning the illegal activity of the Council from last year until now in regard to the Office of Sheriff of Los Alamos County, giving the Council chair until Monday close of business to postpone the scheduled meeting until Thursday night so as to be able to revise the agenda to include the Sheriff’s budget and meet the required 72 hour notice for agenda publication, as well as leave the County one business day before the new fiscal year starts Saturday to make the necessary changes to comply with state Read More
Letter To The Editor: Sewer Rate Increase Warranted
I went to the BPU meeting. There were about 15 people there and I was the only one that stood up to speak out against the increase on the sewer rate increase. I would have spoken out against the potable water increase, but they had a 45 page powerpoint presentation on power sources by some outside consultant where I could not understand her accent. That presentation was going to take hours and the Potable water issue was somewhere after that. My condolences to the BPU for having to stay.
My first comment to the folks that don’t go to these meetings is that you have no one to Read More