<OT>We are going to be in trouble

[Keith Antoine]

Tony Alfrey wrote:

> I'm not a biologist.  But distilled water is pretty transparent to UV A 
> and B.  Sea water varies in opacity depending on dissolved particulates 
> and organic matter.  In general, I would guess that if the water is 
> clear enough for you to see the reef, then UV will affect the reef (i.e. 
> the life forms in the reef).  Must be some biologists on the list?
> 
> Keith, old boy, I would say that you might be generally a bit more 
> pessimistic than the next guy about stuff in general, but your 
> description certainly sounds serious.  And you're right about not 
> getting this sort of description in the papers in the US (like others on 
> the list, I too do not watch the news on TV, but prefer the NY Times, 
> that bastion of us evil liberals).

One gets frustrated with the people who can do something sitting on 
their arses doing bugger all. However on the talkback radio just now 
some one said well we have water for 3 years and it must rain soon: not 
if we waste it and some are, and who knows if we will get rain, probable 
but not certain in this country.

However we need torrential rain for 2 weeks to get the dams backup.


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