Water Planets

Water planets are a rare occurrence in the immense galaxies of space. We are fortunate to live on one.

A pure water planet is an even rarer thing -- and here, we live on a declining resource. We are, as they say, fouling our own nest.

We humans, all of us, depend on water to live. It must be pure if it is to perform its critical function properly in keeping us hydrated, growing our crops, and adding the delicious pleasure of using it as a medium for swimming and soaking in hot natural springs and backyard spas.

Clean drinking water is an essential part of a healthy diet plan.

Seventy-one percent of the Earth is covered with water -- and yet, of this quantity, only 3% is pure fresh water, the only kind that is practical cost-wise for drinking use.

Competing for the remaining supplies of pure water on this planet are Industry, Agriculture, and the Military.

(Oh yes -- and a lot of thirsty people!)

Industry is busily polluting our shared water supplies and dumping the evidence in streams, rivers, and the ocean. The outflow of the Mississippi River opens onto a "Dead Zone" that used to encompass 7,000 square miles before the massive BP oil spill was added to it.

The Gulf of Mexico used to be a very productive fishery. Beaches along thousands of miles of coastline from Texas to Florida and beyond will be polluted by globs of oil and dead seabirds and other creatures.

But even before the Deep Horizon oil-well catastrophe was added to the Dead Zone in the Gulf, the chemical farming run-off and toxic nitrogen wastes from the many Concentrate Animal Feeding Operations were causing great harm to our finite supply of life-giving water.

War is a terrible polluter of water, the air, and the land. There are better solutions to human disputes.

If we want there to be clean pure water for all on the planet, we need to take some ownership and stewardship of the precious resources we use.

It is ludicrous to think it makes sense to fly off in search of other water planets when we still don't properly care for this one.

Here is Leonard DiCaprio's Short Film on Water Planets

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