drilling out showerhead for more pressure????

Constantin

It goes both ways...

Multinational companies are a fact of life. US companies also own significant assets abroad. For example, one of the bigger failures was Enrons power-plant in Mumbai.

Gordy

Weez

Ah, I know the madam blavasky ladie type. Must think outside the box,does she bake! Hard to find a neighbor that can make a good apple pie!

Gordy

Gordy

Sustainability

A whole science is devoted to studying the ability of the earth to sustain our use of all our natural resorces. It does not take much of an imagination to realize the impact we put on some areas.

The desert episode on the history channel hit Phoenix AZ. They (climatologists) have been watching the city since the 70's. Since then to present, the average RH has risen 7% due to all the lush gardens,swimming pools ect. The night time avg. temperature has increased some 15* due to all the asphalt, and concrete buildings roads parking lots use of AC. This contributes to more use of AC, which inturn dumps more heat into the circle of events.I know this happens in all cities though.

We talk about extending the water grid as a means of solving the shortage problems. I don't know if redistributing the water from aquifers far distances from their original origin is such a good idea. As specially if the water is just sprayed on the ground where no water tables exist to recoupe the loss.

Its amazing how some of these topics have been twisting around in the conservation arena, from their original intent. Healthy discussion at the least. Just like a bunch of the boys having some beers. Conversations drift into other subject areas I like it!

JMHO Gordy

Mark Hunt

Pressure and velocity


are inversely proportional, so HR is correct. Increasing the velocity will reduce the pressure, while reducing the velocity will increase the pressure.

Mark H

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Constantin

I totally agree...

... it is one thing to provide redundancy for power, water, etc. However, areas ought to live by their own resources as much as is practicable. Perversions of nature such as the tropical gardens in Phoenix do nothing more than illustrate the hubris of mankind to bend the will of the planet their way. There is no question it can be done (see Dubai) but whether it's sustainable is another question.

On the positive side, I have also seen quite a few newer communities in AZ where people enjoy rock gardens with a tree or two. Evidently, the excesses of the lush neighbors in Phoenix haven't reached them, probably because Phoenix snapped up the water rights well before their (younger) community could. In Texas, even smaller towns are getting serious about tapping aquifers 200 miles away...

Lastly, above-ground sprinklers remind me a bit about of CI vs. the condensing boiler debate. Sprinklers work, are cheap to install, but they're usually wasteful. Microbubbler systems that deposit the water where the plants need it (i.e. at the roots) are more efficient but also more expensive to put in. See a parallel to all the other debates we face in the heating trades of first-time captial costs vs. operating costs?

Larry Weingarten

Weezbo..

I agree with all that you say but for one thing. Rumor has it that your main nourishment is coffee and that you swish it down all day! Sounds like more than one meal to me ;~)

Where population density and climate play into it, there is no sense in having one size fits all rules. In other areas, like building codes, where the physics don't change from place to place, it would be easier for all to have a national code.

Yours, Larry