[LINK] Scientists offered cash to dispute climate study

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Antony Barry wrote:
> 
> On 07/02/2007, at 11:57 AM, Stewart Fist wrote:
> 
>> I would think this is the first obvious move that governments would  
>> make,
>> well before they began subsidising household tanks.
>>
>> If you take the shower water, and store if for a day, using it to  flush
>> toilets,
> 
> 
> I have six buckets and a bowl in the handbasin. I shower with  buckets, 
> when I wash my hands the water goes into the buckets, when I  run the 
> hot tap the cold water goes into the buckets. When I wash my  cloths the 
> water goes into the wash tub and the dirty water into  buckets and the 
> cleaner water is siphoned through an old bit of hose  to a big old 
> garbage bin in the garden which I raid to water the  garden. I end up 
> with ample water to flush the toilet and a handy bit  for the garden.
> 
> It doesn't need government to do this just will and a few buckets.
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Perhaps linkers could attempt a rating of their homes/lifestyles using BASIX

> Introduced by the NSW Government, BASIX, the Building Sustainability Index, ensures homes are designed to use less potable water and be responsible for fewer greenhouse gas emissions by setting energy and water reduction targets for house and units. BASIX is one of the most robust sustainable planning measures in Australia, delivering equitable and effective water and greenhouse gas reductions across NSW.
<http://www.basix.nsw.gov.au/information/about.jsp>

There have been grumblings about the increased cost of housing this
imposes on developers which is passed onto consumers. Unfortunately most
people do not do a whole of life costing  or environmental impact.

On climate change apparently it has been a very cold winter with good
snowfalls on the west coast of Canada. Meanwhile in Germany, they have
had to truck snow in for ski competitions. There was a little snippet
showing that the best skiing in Germany this year may well be indoors
in the Ruhr valley.

Marghanita
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