What does it take...

to make us want to care about how we treat the water on this planet? A friend sent me a link to the LATimes blog called Greenspace a couple of days ago. The story was about how you should avoid beaches and going into the water after a rain because of the increase of fecal matter. Though the popular belief is that California has pristine beaches, the truth is that many are a natural resource nightmare. California waters have been ranked worst in the country according to the story. That there is a warning to keep away from the beaches after a rain due to storm water carrying human and animal fecal mater in amounts high enough to sicken people that would go into the water is frightening.

I don't know what the answer is to this problem. I only began to really pay attention sometime in the last couple of years. I only know that if we are going to be hanging out on our "big blue marble" that we need to address some of these issues. I hate the idea of how we are treating the water of this world as though it does not have some dire impact on us in the long run.

Am I paranoid with visions of the future that read like a scene from Tank Girl? I no longer think so. I suppose getting angry is the first step to learning what to do.

Everyone seems to be up in arms about post peak oil production, and that is a concerning issue, but what are we going to do if we are unable to use the water?