We have friends in a Northern Ca. town who have a privatized water utility. They were told that home water reclamation and collection is illegal (including rain water) because that water “belongs” to the water company! I guess you only rent water now, then you have to return it!
That's one of the most dystopian things I've ever heard, but I can't say it hasn't crossed my mind as a possible way things could get even worse--governments and corporations actively preventing us from trying to save ourselves. Can you say what town?
California law, specifically the Rainwater Capture Act of 2012, made it legal to collect rainwater from rooftops, provided the systems comply with the State Water Resources Board's requirements. Therefore, no Northern California cities completely prohibit collecting rainwater. Local gov't can restrict how the system collects water and is contructed and can restrict its use to irregation, car washing, etc---non-potable use.
We have a section of tin roof over our patio, as well as a tin shed. I need to set up another water barrel or two using them.
In a related thought: Do you think a sheet of tin creased into the right shape and held up by a few 2 x 4s , emptying into a barrel work for those who don't have tin roofs? 🤔
Save AI? By deleting photos? AI will be the downfall of society. Especially because the people in charge of it have no souls at all. It’s frightening that advisers are telling clients to invest in water. Jesus.
Feels like the empire’s kitchen is burning, and the high priests of profit are telling us to blow out candles on a cupcake.
Deleting emails will not quench a thirsty earth. Shorter showers will not heal a gutted water table.
They know the wells are running dry. They just prefer baptizing our guilt instead of their greed.
We do have rain barrels and British Berkefeld water filter. That's like carrying a pocket knife into a siege -- better than nothing, and sometimes just what you need to make it through the day. But if the siege drags on, we'll be looking for allies, bigger tools, and a way to move when the well runs dry.
Um, no the request isn't made to conserve energy. It's to "conserve" historical information. No family photos, no family. This article isn't cynical enough.
The press release also says “Water companies have committed to reducing leakage by 50% from a 2017-18 baseline by 2050”. 30 years to reduce leaks by 50%?!
The only advice I have for my kids is live somewhere it rains. Now I need to tell them they need a metal roof. and the etcetera. I'll be dead before I need one, I hope.
We have friends in a Northern Ca. town who have a privatized water utility. They were told that home water reclamation and collection is illegal (including rain water) because that water “belongs” to the water company! I guess you only rent water now, then you have to return it!
That's one of the most dystopian things I've ever heard, but I can't say it hasn't crossed my mind as a possible way things could get even worse--governments and corporations actively preventing us from trying to save ourselves. Can you say what town?
California law, specifically the Rainwater Capture Act of 2012, made it legal to collect rainwater from rooftops, provided the systems comply with the State Water Resources Board's requirements. Therefore, no Northern California cities completely prohibit collecting rainwater. Local gov't can restrict how the system collects water and is contructed and can restrict its use to irregation, car washing, etc---non-potable use.
I feel like I shouldn't be liking this comment, I need a horror emoji or something.
The water is being hijacked in the service of collecting data and keeping to see our ever move and though to control everything.
We have a section of tin roof over our patio, as well as a tin shed. I need to set up another water barrel or two using them.
In a related thought: Do you think a sheet of tin creased into the right shape and held up by a few 2 x 4s , emptying into a barrel work for those who don't have tin roofs? 🤔
Yeah, I think it could work. There's at least a few folks on YouTube who make things like that, even out in Arizona.
I didn't say today. 😉
Why should I when you all are doing such a great job? All I need to do is watch with a beer and cigar.
Dark times, dark beer. 😉 🍺 🍻
"Instead, they’ve issued requests for their citizens to delete old photos and emails from their computers to “reduce pressure” on the grid.
What a bold move…"
I laughed out loud. :-D
I cried.
Also a fair reaction.
Save AI? By deleting photos? AI will be the downfall of society. Especially because the people in charge of it have no souls at all. It’s frightening that advisers are telling clients to invest in water. Jesus.
Investing in water is like investing in the Military Industrial Complex, or Soylent Green.
True that
The trillionaires who project power through their robots to enslave us, you silly goose!
Feels like the empire’s kitchen is burning, and the high priests of profit are telling us to blow out candles on a cupcake.
Deleting emails will not quench a thirsty earth. Shorter showers will not heal a gutted water table.
They know the wells are running dry. They just prefer baptizing our guilt instead of their greed.
We do have rain barrels and British Berkefeld water filter. That's like carrying a pocket knife into a siege -- better than nothing, and sometimes just what you need to make it through the day. But if the siege drags on, we'll be looking for allies, bigger tools, and a way to move when the well runs dry.
♾️ enamalized metal roofing sheets are much safer then galvinized🌏👍👍
5Gb of email: 3ml
backup of 10,000 phone photos: 5ml
shared dropbox folder: 2ml
using AI to render Uncle Doug as Shrek: 50,000l
Um, no the request isn't made to conserve energy. It's to "conserve" historical information. No family photos, no family. This article isn't cynical enough.
Due to massive public pressure, Tucson rejected Project Blue, an Amazon-based data center proposal that would suck us dry: https://open.substack.com/pub/garymackender/p/friday-homestead-dispatch-957?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Make them stop using that water. The UK is still a functioning democracy.
Since last summer, when they held a parliamentary election and Labour won a majority. Also since the 1969 passage of the People’s Representation Act.
The press release also says “Water companies have committed to reducing leakage by 50% from a 2017-18 baseline by 2050”. 30 years to reduce leaks by 50%?!
The only advice I have for my kids is live somewhere it rains. Now I need to tell them they need a metal roof. and the etcetera. I'll be dead before I need one, I hope.
Don’t give up.
"Bless the Maker and His water. Bless the coming and going of Him. May His passage cleanse the world. May He keep the world for His people."
Agreed, it's important to not be afraid, because as we all know "Fear is the..." 😉
How will they use our photos to train AI if we have to delete them?
So it’s not the UK government praising AI, installing more face-recoginition and reopening oil and coal search but my old emails and photos that cause extra water usage and worsening of the climate… i looked up that press-release and it’s pretty grim reading amongst the other press releases they have over the last two days: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/national-drought-group-meets-to-address-nationally-significant-water-shortfall