"'Mike'" <3d&6d@woolies.com> wrote in message news:...
> "'Mike'" <3d&6d@woolies.com> wrote in message news:...
>> "Geoff"  wrote in message 
>> news:q7mlp212ufp5b5c4fa558ciu4agcs1knqs@4ax.com...
>>> On Tue, 02 Jan 2007 22:00:13 +0000, Old Codger
>>>
>>> Interesting to see the sort of people who are happy to sit on their
>>> arses, hoping the rest of us will sort their world out. You're a
>>> selfish pig.
>>> --
>>>
>>
>> Hang on a minute, your not 'doing' anything, only talking. Get off your 
>> arse and do something.
>>
>
> and following on from the above post as an example of something you can do 
> is from the news today, (it was actually posted in a Garden News magazine 
> before Christmas)
>
> http://uk.news.yahoo.com/06012007/140/uk-braced-droughts-summer.html
>
> but take note of the following extract .........
>
> Now, the reservoir is back up to 84% capacity.
>
> But below ground the aquifers - the porous rocks that store most of the 
> South-East's water - are still severely depleted.
>
> An Environment Agency spokesman said: "Well over 80% of water supplies in 
> the south east of England don't come from reservoirs like this.
>
> "They come from natural underground reservoirs where the water's taken out 
> by wells and bore-holes.
>
> "Those natural reservoirs are much, much lower in terms of water and 
> that's what we're really worried about."
>
>
>
> WHY are they so low? Certainly not lack of rain because the reservoir is 
> back up to 84% capacity.
>
> So why are the Bore Holes and water table low?
>
> Because too much building is going on and the water being diverted from 
> the virgin soil to drains and thus rivers and hence the sea.
>
> Now if you 'really' want to do something instead of talking about it. 
> Oppose every planning application which will cover virgin ground with a 
> rain catching to drain system. i.e. gutters off roofs and front gardens 
> covered in concrete for car parking.
>
> I have. I opposed the council wanting to apply planning permission on some 
> land and selling it off. And won. I opposed planning permission for two 
> blocks of flats. And won
>
> Over to you 'talkers' for action
>
> Mike
>
> .
>
>

I appear to ask some awkward questions the 'talkers' do not wish to 'talk' 
about :-))

"Now there's a funny thing"  :-))

Mike
Waiting for some answers/comments


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