tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965884.post5546484814846721916..comments2023-10-09T00:45:13.334+09:00Comments on gangwon notes: Water shortages: an updatekwandongbrianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10193395682122475477noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965884.post-67688580020384789022009-02-16T10:53:00.000+09:002009-02-16T10:53:00.000+09:00Here in Taebaek, one of the hardest hit regions, w...Here in Taebaek, one of the hardest hit regions, we currently get water for maybe 4 hours a day. 6-7am and then 6-9pm.<BR/><BR/>We've been told that the existing water infrastructure wastes approx 50% of all processed clean water due to leaks.<BR/><BR/>Also its interesting to note but the new O2 ski/golf resort seems to be doing loads of snow making, and their golf courses are nice and green. All while I can't take a shower in the mornings or even flush the toilet for most of the day.<BR/><BR/>Not sure how this will work when there are 350 people in my small school, all of whom use toilets, and expect food etc etc etc.Mike Rowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16379715529782352802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965884.post-67503769143621474142009-02-15T22:27:00.000+09:002009-02-15T22:27:00.000+09:00I remember what I originally wanted to comment abo...I remember what I originally wanted to comment about. The country is facing water shortages (land shortages, energy shortages, etc shortages) but yet the government wants people to have more children. The people in government are thinking "children=economic growth" but no one is thinking "more people=destroyed environment."Marcus Peddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10828640292397153550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965884.post-64044957095291483702009-02-15T13:15:00.000+09:002009-02-15T13:15:00.000+09:00Have fun at the water park, earth killer. :) Just...Have fun at the water park, earth killer. :) Just joking, of course.<BR/>I can see a future where rice will become a grain that is only eaten once or twice a week because it simply takes too much water to grow it. However, I've read that rice fields only need to be flooded once every ten days and not constantly full of water. Perhaps farmers will adopt new farming methods and people can have rice on the table every day. I wouldn't be too sad if potatoes and wheat became the staple food but it wouldn't be easy for other people to change an eating habit that's been around for thousands of years. I can't, for example, imagine my parents suddenly having to eat rice every day instead of potatoes. Beef also takes a large amount of water to produce so that might be off the table in the future. Not that anyone can afford to eat it now . . . .Marcus Peddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10828640292397153550noreply@blogger.com