"If we’re going to leave Florida better than we found it -- a modest enough goal, if you ask me -- then we need to start connecting the dots between population, growth, development and the loss of the wildlife and wild places that makes Florida such an incredible piece of paradise," so says Janet Stanko.
Read more... at Floridians for a Sustainable Population. This map reflects the price of sprawl. Over-development has depleted the drinking water supply in most parts of Florida. Explosive population growth and wasteful water use require enormous water volumes from the Aquifer.
A main reason why people wanted no more than 4 stories in our downtown was one simple theme--preserving our little bit of paradise and quality of life. Now, unless overturned, 6 story buildings can be built all over Lake and Lucerne.
Florida does not have a water shortage, although they may have a shortage of intelligent minds required to use their resources wisely. Florida has five nuclear power stations and untold numbers of coal and gas burning power generating plants. The five nuclear stations should all be using sea water for their reactor cooling. As with any aircraft carrier, submarine, or other large sailing vessel, the pure water extracted from the sea water can be used to supplement drinking water. The U.S. sent the U.S. Carl Vinson to Haiti for that single purpose during their crisis. The Carl Vinson can produce in excess of 400,000 gallons of fresh drinking water per day (a 190 lb. man requires 13# of fresh drinking water per day). With water weighing 8.35 lb/gallon, each 190 lb. man would require about 1.5 gal. per day. That means the Carl Vinson can produce 3.34 million lbs. of fresh drinking water per day or enough to supply the needs of 257,000 people per day. Just imagine what the twin 400 MW reactors you own at St. Lucie can produce? Add that to the four remaining reactors across the state and you have put a large dent into your water requirements. A smart state and local government may want to consider paying energy producers for their pure water instead of draining the aquifer.
ReplyDeletesure, purified drinking water from a nuclear reactor. I have a better idea: stop building and let people go somewhere else.
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