Cake Monster Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 12 hours ago, ukrules said: Yes, that about sums it up... Control of Water resources is one of the Strongest weapons known to man. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTuner Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 57 minutes ago, Cake Monster said: Control of Water resources is one of the Strongest weapons known to man. It's very effective. Human body can only survive about a week without water, three weeks without food. Just turn the tap of in China and let 'em die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uptooyoo Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 8 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said: There will be a steady stream of government officials headed to Peking to pay homage to their new SE Asian masters... More like, "a steady stream of government officials going to Peking to give head to their new SE Asian masters...." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marko kok prong Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 2 hours ago, DrTuner said: It's very effective. Human body can only survive about a week without water, three weeks without food. Just turn the tap of in China and let 'em die. Not a week,unless you are in a cold climate,very cold,here,2/3 days tops,in the desert,depending on temps,maybe a day or 2 max. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boonrawdcnx Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 Wow Prayuth’s pals in China are controlling the water upstream now what a surprise. Nobody saw that coming! Here it is one more time for the stupid people:IF YOU DAM A RIVER NOT ONLY IN ONE -BUT SEVERAL PLACES - IT WILL SHUT DOWN OR REDUCE THE VOLUME OF WATER FLOW DOWNSTREAM. Hope the “scientists” and politicians who are surprised by this understand now what happened. Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HannahD Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 The world is running out of fresh water much faster than it is running out of oil. The future looks bleak and dry indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meshborg Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 (edited) The western world is waking up to climate change but Asia doesnt give a dam(pun intended) Edited July 27, 2019 by meshborg add joke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin case Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 thailand not interested in world news, are they... by 2050 there will be no more fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbezoz Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 On 7/25/2019 at 10:22 PM, wisperone said: I feel sorry for Lao, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. I certainly wouldn't want China in control of my water supply. When water is limited, which is already the case, and only going to get worse, China won't give 2 shits about the countries to the south. Better get their heads together and start planning, this won't end well. No water, no survival. You haven't seen nothing yet! And whilst not the Mekong this recent BBC News item highlights further China's growing influence in the region and the ecological impact it is having due to its dam building programs. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-48857781 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOUTHERNSTAR Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 On 7/26/2019 at 5:10 AM, ezzra said: Suspicions only, really? what gave it away? the fact that China erected 8 dams to collect and re channel the water to it's needs didn't register in someone's head? hina is the boss of the region, China don't give a rat's ass to anyone but to it's own agenda and policies, you can complain but are you also willing to invoke China ire and anger?... The Chinese is only blocking 11% of the rivers run off. You will never read about the dams the Thais are building on this same river inside Laos. These dams are being build to generate electricity for Thailand. The Thais are to be blamed equally with the Chinese. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sydebolle Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 If the Thais had some guts they would tell the Chinese to shelve the railway project which the Chinese absolutely need. China already screwed Laos into a USD 6.8 billion debt with a railway link across their country to absolutely no, zero, zil, nada use for Laos itself - this was possible due to the tremendous corruption of previous Laos governments. Thailand could show what kind of valuable partner she is in ASEAN; the Mekong belongs to the world and not to some crooks in Beijing. Millions of people's lives are affected and millions of fish will disappear - Thank You China for being such a bad, poor, selfish sport - disappointing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traubert Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 54 minutes ago, SOUTHERNSTAR said: The Chinese is only blocking 11% of the rivers run off. You will never read about the dams the Thais are building on this same river inside Laos. These dams are being build to generate electricity for Thailand. The Thais are to be blamed equally with the Chinese. I pointed this out up the thread, the Laotians have built dams too, more than the Chinese have but this is the usual response : 12 minutes ago, Sydebolle said: If the Thais had some guts they would tell the Chinese to shelve the railway project which the Chinese absolutely need. China already screwed Laos into a USD 6.8 billion debt with a railway link across their country to absolutely no, zero, zil, nada use for Laos itself - this was possible due to the tremendous corruption of previous Laos governments. Thailand could show what kind of valuable partner she is in ASEAN; the Mekong belongs to the world and not to some crooks in Beijing. Millions of people's lives are affected and millions of fish will disappear - Thank You China for being such a bad, poor, selfish sport - disappointing! The railway link will be Laos's first internationally accessible land freight route. No use? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sydebolle Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 2 minutes ago, Traubert said: The railway link will be Laos's first internationally accessible land freight route. No use? No, not quite. The 1st friendship bridge linking Nong Khai/Thailand with Thanaleng/Laos has been open for 25 years; more bridges in Chiang Khong/Thailand to Huay Xay/Laos, Nakhon Phanom/Thailand to Thakaek/Laos and Mukdahan/Thailand to Savannakhet/Laos are open. Another bridge, fully on Lao territory, is the Japanese Friendship bridge crossing the Mekong in the province of Champasak/Laos (at Pakxe, to be precise). The 1st friendship bridge also includes a railway track which ends a few hundert metres inside Laos with two daily shuttle services between Thanaleng and Nong Khai only - heavily underused, never promoted and purely passenger as cargo volume is neglect ably small. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traubert Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 6 minutes ago, Sydebolle said: No, not quite. The 1st friendship bridge linking Nong Khai/Thailand with Thanaleng/Laos has been open for 25 years; more bridges in Chiang Khong/Thailand to Huay Xay/Laos, Nakhon Phanom/Thailand to Thakaek/Laos and Mukdahan/Thailand to Savannakhet/Laos are open. Another bridge, fully on Lao territory, is the Japanese Friendship bridge crossing the Mekong in the province of Champasak/Laos (at Pakxe, to be precise). The 1st friendship bridge also includes a railway track which ends a few hundert metres inside Laos with two daily shuttle services between Thanaleng and Nong Khai only - heavily underused, never promoted and purely passenger as cargo volume is neglect ably small. Ok, maybe I should have said multi-national. I think they want to move on from one truck at a time, and move quicker than 25mph. on the rails and roads. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uptooyoo Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 (edited) On 7/26/2019 at 11:45 PM, HannahD said: The world is running out of fresh water much faster than it is running out of oil. The future looks bleak and dry indeed. Just a question: how does the world run out of fresh water? Unless it quits raining and all the glaciers fall into the sea, I don't see how fresh water can run out. Anytime it rains, fresh water is created, powered by the sun's energy. Is the sun's energy diminishing? Is it raining less now? Is the closed-loop hydrological cycle coming to a halt? Or, are rainfall patterns changing due to climate change, shifting rain to other regions? Maybe, instead, it's because humans are polluting fresh water sources, such as, lakes, rivers, and groundwater. Or shortages are occurring because of water diversion from dams. Maybe freshwater isn't running out. Perhaps it's becoming more scarce in some areas due to climate change, overpopulation and increasing demand. Edited July 28, 2019 by Uptooyoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbezoz Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 7 minutes ago, Uptooyoo said: Just a question: how does the world run out of fresh water? Unless it quits raining and all the glaciers fall into the sea, I don't see how fresh water can run out. Anytime it rains, fresh water is created, powered by the sun's energy. Is the sun's energy diminishing? Is it raining less now? Is the closed-loop hydrological cycle coming to a halt? Or, are rainfall patterns changing due to climate change, shifting rain to other regions? Maybe, instead, it's because humans are polluting fresh water sources, such as, lakes, rivers, and groundwater. Or shortages are occurring because of water diversion from dams. Maybe freshwater isn't running out. Perhaps it's becoming more scarce in some areas due to climate change, overpopulation and increasing demand. Elon Musk is secretly transporting it to Mars to prepare for his arrival there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zydeco Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 40 minutes ago, Uptooyoo said: Perhaps it's becoming more scarce in some areas due to climate change, overpopulation and increasing demand. https://www.groundwater.org/get-informed/groundwater/overuse.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uptooyoo Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 31 minutes ago, zydeco said: https://www.groundwater.org/get-informed/groundwater/overuse.html Great article. Groundwater is being removed faster than it's being replenished. It seems freshwater production, rainfall that is, has remained constant, but it's being pumped at ever increasing rates to keep up with population growth. More people needing more food, means more irrigation for crops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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