Water Rationing (Very Bad Drought)

[Globalhot]

In central Thailand water is being rationed.They turn it on in the morning for 1.5 hours, then off, then on in the evening for 1.5 hours, then off.We have always had a fishing pond by my house. This is the first year "there is no pond!"Farmers are getting nervous. They recently planted seeds; some are coming up, but it is not good.It is also hotter than any person in the area can remember.It looks like global warming and climate change are having an impact on Thailand now.

[gotlost]

Talk to the farmer for the answere.

[goldfinger]

as long as the people dont understand to SAVE water, it makes no sense to turn the water off and on for a few hours.

The result is, more water will be used and wasted, because everyone fills up every bottle he can find,even he dont need it .

[dumball]

Good idea gotlost , the farmer will just tell you the government needs to compensate him_________________so he can buy that new truck or tv to help eleviate the boredom with no rice to watch grow .

[Globalhot]

Good idea gotlost , the farmer will just tell you the government needs to compensate him_________________so he can buy that new truck or tv to help eleviate the boredom with no rice to watch grow .

One thing farmers can do is detect, even without statistical data, whether climate change seems to be happening.

They can tell you is this is ordinary (short term weather) or some long-term change (climate).

They can tell you when it normally rains.'

They know a lot about weather and climate because what they do depends on it.

[robblok]

Good idea gotlost , the farmer will just tell you the government needs to compensate him_________________so he can buy that new truck or tv to help eleviate the boredom with no rice to watch grow .

One thing farmers can do is detect, even without statistical data, whether climate change seems to be happening.

They can tell you is this is ordinary (short term weather) or some long-term change (climate).

They can tell you when it normally rains.'

They know a lot about weather and climate because what they do depends on it.

Their information is also bias and colored by what they want and expect. They will remember the bad times and exaggerate them in hopes to get some extra support from governments. That is just the way it works.. statistical data is good.. if collected right and of course if the organization gets money for detecting global warming it will find it same as if they get money for debunking it they will find it too.

Its not clear science and there are high stakes.

[westybrook]

I too have family who live in a village up north, they have all left the village as the water has run out. The village is like a ghost town. Only the village idiot stayed.

[ukrules]

Climate has been changing since the formation of the earth, it gets colder, then warmer, then colder, etc, etc.

What made anyone ever think it would stay the same ?

[westybrook]

But I don't ever think we will see ice in Thailand soon x

[elkangorito]

The planet earth is like a room without doors or windows. If heat is created in this room & cannot be radiated outwards (into space), heat will slowly build up (the room will become hotter).

The world's population has only ever increased. Each human radiates heat as well as consumes items, which take heat to produce.

The answer is simple...reduce the world population or reduce consumerism (or both). If neither is done, the planet will continue to heat up.

[seanocasey]

PM: Thailand Facing Worst Drought in 20 Years

UPDATE : 7 June 2010

The prime minister has urged the Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives Ministry to come up with plans to tackle the ongoing drought, which is considered the worst in two decades.

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva expressed his concern about the drought situation in Thailand, saying that it could be the worst in 20 years. He noted that the devastating drought and the severe lack of rain is believed to have been caused by the El Niño effect.

The premier acknowledged the need for more prudent management of water resources and said that he has assigned the Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives Ministry to advise farmers to postpone in-season rice cultivation and to discuss with them when the most appropriate time for farming will be.

Despite expectations that rainfall would normalize from July onward, Abhisit stressed that the government must continue to manage water resources effectively and ensure that water stored in the country's major reservoirs like Sirikit and Bhumibol is sufficient.

He also entrusted the ministry with planning measures to battle the dry spell and to aid the drought-stricken agricultural sector.

The prime minister expects a proposal from the ministry in a week or two.

The Thai leader further stated that the agricultural sector will become increasingly important in the future, given the ever-increasing global demand for food and biofuel.

He affirmed that his administration will work to ensure that Thai farmers will be better off, through a range of programs such as income guarantees, a rice-pledging scheme and a farmers' welfare fund. My link here

[ukrules]

The planet earth is like a room without doors or windows. If heat is created in this room & cannot be radiated outwards (into space), heat will slowly build up (the room will become hotter).

This doesn't explain the ice ages.

[elkangorito]

The planet earth is like a room without doors or windows. If heat is created in this room & cannot be radiated outwards (into space), heat will slowly build up (the room will become hotter).

This doesn't explain the ice ages.

What was the earth's population 10 000 years ago? How many factories existed 10 000 years ago? What natural resources were being ripped from the earth & burnt at a colossal rate 10 000 years ago?

How has the earth's natural tilt changed in the past 10 000 years? I'm sure there are more things to compare.

[longtom]

Your explanation sounds very simplistic. How do you explain earlier global warming phases, more than 10'000 years ago, when the temperature increased several degrees in less than a century?

Please note, I am not denying the influence of humankind to the climate of the last 50 years or so.

[ukrules]

What was the earth's population 10 000 years ago? How many factories existed 10 000 years ago? What natural resources were being ripped from the earth & burnt at a colossal rate 10 000 years ago?

How has the earth's natural tilt changed in the past 10 000 years? I'm sure there are more things to compare.

I see, now I understand the cycles of hot / cold weather for the last 4500 millennia. Factories built in the last 200 years.

[elkangorito]

Comparing an age old cycle to the last 200 years on earth is like comparing a drop of water to an ocean.

An incredibly HUGE change has happened on earth in the last 200 years, which has led to an exponential growth in population, an exponential growth in the amount of resources being ripped from the earth & burnt to satisy our energy/consumeristic needs & an exponential growth of the 'denial' of these facts.

[Khun Jean]

It is the worst since 20 years. So back then it was even worse. And at that time global cooling was the talk of the day.

I say blame the chinese for the drought, nothing to do with manmade global warming, more with manmade dams and deforesting.

Even the bilderbergers are talking about cooling

http://www.bilderbergmeetings.org/meeting_2010.html

[Globalhot]

It is the worst since 20 years. So back then it was even worse. And at that time global cooling was the talk of the day.

I say blame the chinese for the drought, nothing to do with manmade global warming, more with manmade dams and deforesting.

Even the bilderbergers are talking about cooling

http://www.bilderber...eting_2010.html

Actually only a few scientists were talking about possible cooling, so what you stated is a bit misleading to say the least.

It was based on confusion over data, something that is not the case now as better methods have been introduced.

Global warming is real and there is no debate about it among scientists.

Global warming was predicted decades ago--you can trace the debate back to the turn of the century.

The main problem today is the pace of change; not change itself which has always happened.

For the past ten thousand years climate has been fairly constant. That has been good for our species; we have adapted it (and that includes patterns of agriculture).

Explanations of why climate has changed over the long course of earth's history are in basic textbooks. I suggest looking at Milankovitch Cycles to get an understanding of long term changes in climate (e.g., Ice Ages).

The earth continues to be influenced by Milankovitch Cycles, but that cycle cannot explain recent heating, and neither can changes in the Sun's radiant energy.

What is left? Human activity. El Kangarito has it right--read his posts.