Tango01 | 27 Sep 2016 4:24 p.m. PST |
"Pakistan would treat it as "an act of war" if India revoked the Indus Water Treaty regulating river flows between the two nations, Pakistan's top foreign official said on Tuesday. Tension has been mounting between the nuclear-armed neighbors since at least 18 Indian soldiers in the disputed Kashmir region were killed this month in an attack that New Delhi blames on Pakistan. India on Tuesday summoned Pakistan's High Commissioner in New Delhi to inform him about two men from Pakistan now in Indian custody who it alleges helped gunmen cross the disputed Kashmir border before the attack. Pakistan denies involvement in the raid and has urged India to conduct a proper investigation…" More here link Amicalement Armand
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FuriousGamer | 28 Sep 2016 9:06 a.m. PST |
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Tango01 | 28 Sep 2016 11:07 a.m. PST |
(smile) Remember the Sfy novels about the "Water Wars"… Amicalement Armand |
Legion 4 | 28 Sep 2016 12:36 p.m. PST |
On a planet that is over 60+% water … |
Mako11 | 29 Sep 2016 10:02 p.m. PST |
Now they're shooting at each other with artillery, if the little blurb at the bottom of the screen is correct. Seems the Indians did a pre-emptive strike on some "terrorists", and the Pakistanis are denying it occurred at all. Didn't get a lot of details in the scrolling sentence or two, since the pundits on TV would rather talk about some people calling others fat, and others bringing up past infidelities and wanton attacks on the women by the wife. A pity the editors/programming personnel can't get their priorities straight. |
Mako11 | 29 Sep 2016 10:02 p.m. PST |
To be fair, most of that is saltwater. |
Legion 4 | 30 Sep 2016 9:16 a.m. PST |
Desalinization tech exists and is used by many countries. However, it is a bit expensive, IIRC. Both India and Pakistan can afford nucs … so … I guess it is a matter of "priorities" … |
Redroom | 01 Oct 2016 2:42 p.m. PST |
China is really close to the conflict thanks to their previous "acquisitions" in the area, I would not count them out of a bit more expansion. |
Supercilius Maximus | 02 Oct 2016 2:17 a.m. PST |
I appreciate that the technology may have moved on, but I do recall drinking "de-salinated sea-water" some years ago (late 90s IIRC) and it was very unpleasant. Better than dying of thirst (I would imagine). |
Legion 4 | 02 Oct 2016 12:02 p.m. PST |
I'd think that tech has improved ? By now ? Or like in the military there was/is water purification units. |
Deadles | 02 Oct 2016 4:47 p.m. PST |
There's desalination plants being built and used in Australia. No complaints about taste that I am aware of. As to India-Pakistan, nothing new here. I suspect at some point they will have another war and will probably be the first states to use nuclear weapons against each other since 1945. And then the nukes used will be insufficient to destroy the countries (most are air delivered tac nukes), but rather cause massive casualties and make them more unpleasant to live in. |
Legion 4 | 03 Oct 2016 9:22 a.m. PST |
There's desalination plants being built and used in Australia. No complaints about taste that I am aware of. New tech I'd think … As to India-Pakistan, nothing new here. I suspect at some point they will have another war and will probably be the first states to use nuclear weapons against each other since 1945. They have been enemies since they split into two separate nation after WWII. And Pakistan being primarily moslem and India Hindu … does not help either it seems. And then the nukes used will be insufficient to destroy the countries (most are air delivered tac nukes), but rather cause massive casualties and make them more unpleasant to live in.
The simple fact that they have any nucs should be concerning. And both got them to use on the other, in their ongoing "conflict". And again, even if they couldn't wipe out the other completely. Any nuclear exchange would not only be horrendous for each nation. But all those around them … for a number of reasons. |
Apache 6 | 07 Oct 2016 8:56 a.m. PST |
Distillation of seawater has been done for hundreds of years. It can be done easily with solar power on small scales. You can sell the "sea salt" as a byproduct. Reverse Osmosis takes more power. But is no longer cutting edge technology. You can buy "foot pump" powered units for sail boats. It can also be used on industrial scales. -Oddly in California, one of the major things halting large scale desalination efforts are California laws which treats the concentrated salt water left over from reverse osmosis as "industrial waste" which makes it VERY expensive to dispose of. Most other places in the world you just pipe it several hundred meters off shore and put it back in the ocean where it has no effect, being dispersed again in a matter of minutes. When done properly there should be no taste to desalinated water, since it's pure water. Yes, pure water actually tastes "strange" since it does not have minerals that are "usually" in water, and most people are used to. |