I dont like the taste of most either honestly. Still, I would drink it over water with fucking flouride in it. I havent been to New York in years so I can't really remember how the water tasted. In my experience most city water is pretty bad though.
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I dont like the taste of most either honestly. Still, I would drink it over water with fucking flouride in it. I havent been to New York in years so I can't really remember how the water tasted. In my experience most city water is pretty bad though.
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Of Elephant and Man
MadeInNewJersey
nursing my wounds
I don't feel like reading this whole thread.
But everyone should do laundry using only cold water. Save you about $100+ per year.
But everyone should do laundry using only cold water. Save you about $100+ per year.
Dark One
The Tainted Dogma
Seriously? That shit tastes horribly strong to me. You should not be able to smell water from 10 feet away. Not to mention ingesting it in that way is fucking toxic.
Chromatose
Squid pro quo
Seriously, I can't go near it either. .. but I was raised on fresh well water, topped off with the delicious taste of farm-field runoff.
Do the Brita filters help with that at all? I'm afraid to find out so I stick with bottled water, as much as I don't want to.
Do the Brita filters help with that at all? I'm afraid to find out so I stick with bottled water, as much as I don't want to.
Thanatopsis123
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Conspicuously Absent
Linguistically Confused
I'm pleasantly surprised that Berlin (germany as a whole actually) has such great water. It reminds me quite a bit of the well water I grew up on.
Reign in Acai
Of Elephant and Man
Since this report was written, the ice has crumbled.
A chunk of ice the size of the Isle of Man has started to break away from Antarctica in what scientists say is further evidence of a warming climate.
Satellite images suggest that part of the ice shelf is disintegrating, and will soon crumble away.
The Wilkins Ice Shelf has been stable for most of the last century, but began retreating in the 1990s.
Six ice shelves in the same part of the continent have already been lost, says the British Antarctic Survey (BAS).
Professor David Vaughan of BAS said: "Wilkins is the largest ice shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula yet to be threatened.
"I didn't expect to see things happen this quickly. The ice shelf is hanging by a thread - we'll know in the next few days or weeks what its fate will be."
'Like an explosion'
BAS researchers were alerted to the break-up by daily monitoring of satellite images. They sent a Twin Otter aircraft on a reconnaissance mission to video what was happening.
This is yet another indication of climate change in the Antarctic Peninsula and how it is affecting the environment
Prof David Vaughan
Jim Elliott, who was on board the plane, said he had never seen anything like it before.
He said: "We flew along the main crack and observed the sheer scale of movement from the breakage.
"Big hefty chunks of ice, the size of small houses, look as though they've been thrown around like rubble - it's like an explosion."
A 41-by-2.5km (25-by-1.6 mile) berg appears to be breaking away, with much of the Wilkins Ice Shelf protected only by a thin strip of ice spanning two islands.
Since an ice shelf is a floating platform of ice, the break-up will have no impact on sea level. But scientists say it heightens concerns over the impact of climate change on this part of Antarctica.
'Unprecedented' warming
Professor Vaughan predicted in 1993 that the northern part of the Wilkins Ice Shelf would be lost within 30 years if climate warming continued. But he said it is happening more quickly than he expected.
Antarctic map (BBC)
He told BBC News: "What we're actually seeing is a chunk of the ice shelf drop off in a way that suggests it is not just a normal part of iceberg formation.
"This is not a sea level rise issue, but is yet another indication of climate change in the Antarctic Peninsula and how it is affecting the environment."
Scientists say the Antarctic Peninsula, which juts out into the Southern Ocean towards the tip of South America, has experienced unprecedented warming over the last 50 years.
Several ice shelves have retreated in the past 30 years - six of them collapsing completely.
Other researchers believe the Wilkins Ice Shelf may hang on a little longer, as Antarctica's summer melt season draws to a close.
Dr Ted Scambos of the National Snow and Ice Data Center at the University of Colorado said: "This unusual show is over for this season. But come January, we'll be watching to see if the Wilkins continues to fall apart."
A chunk of ice the size of the Isle of Man has started to break away from Antarctica in what scientists say is further evidence of a warming climate.
Satellite images suggest that part of the ice shelf is disintegrating, and will soon crumble away.
The Wilkins Ice Shelf has been stable for most of the last century, but began retreating in the 1990s.
Six ice shelves in the same part of the continent have already been lost, says the British Antarctic Survey (BAS).
Professor David Vaughan of BAS said: "Wilkins is the largest ice shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula yet to be threatened.
"I didn't expect to see things happen this quickly. The ice shelf is hanging by a thread - we'll know in the next few days or weeks what its fate will be."
'Like an explosion'
BAS researchers were alerted to the break-up by daily monitoring of satellite images. They sent a Twin Otter aircraft on a reconnaissance mission to video what was happening.
This is yet another indication of climate change in the Antarctic Peninsula and how it is affecting the environment
Prof David Vaughan
Jim Elliott, who was on board the plane, said he had never seen anything like it before.
He said: "We flew along the main crack and observed the sheer scale of movement from the breakage.
"Big hefty chunks of ice, the size of small houses, look as though they've been thrown around like rubble - it's like an explosion."
A 41-by-2.5km (25-by-1.6 mile) berg appears to be breaking away, with much of the Wilkins Ice Shelf protected only by a thin strip of ice spanning two islands.
Since an ice shelf is a floating platform of ice, the break-up will have no impact on sea level. But scientists say it heightens concerns over the impact of climate change on this part of Antarctica.
'Unprecedented' warming
Professor Vaughan predicted in 1993 that the northern part of the Wilkins Ice Shelf would be lost within 30 years if climate warming continued. But he said it is happening more quickly than he expected.
Antarctic map (BBC)
He told BBC News: "What we're actually seeing is a chunk of the ice shelf drop off in a way that suggests it is not just a normal part of iceberg formation.
"This is not a sea level rise issue, but is yet another indication of climate change in the Antarctic Peninsula and how it is affecting the environment."
Scientists say the Antarctic Peninsula, which juts out into the Southern Ocean towards the tip of South America, has experienced unprecedented warming over the last 50 years.
Several ice shelves have retreated in the past 30 years - six of them collapsing completely.
Other researchers believe the Wilkins Ice Shelf may hang on a little longer, as Antarctica's summer melt season draws to a close.
Dr Ted Scambos of the National Snow and Ice Data Center at the University of Colorado said: "This unusual show is over for this season. But come January, we'll be watching to see if the Wilkins continues to fall apart."
NAD
What A Horrible Night To Have A Curse
This is going to be one of those situations where nobody will start to do anything on a large scale, including believing that a problem even exists, until it is far too late.
The earth needs a good flush anyhow.
The earth needs a good flush anyhow.
Reign in Acai
Of Elephant and Man
Reign in Acai
Of Elephant and Man
Electricity Bill Comparison
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Sept 2013; 309 kWh = $33
Sept 2014; 373 kWh = $60
Does this make any fucking sense?!?!?
Edison's explanation for this pilfering, Thanks Nad.
The utility is proposing that the five-tier rate structure in place since 2001 change to a simpler two-tier system.
The more complex structure, designed to encourage energy conservation, has meant most Edison customers who use little electricity have seen virtually no change in their monthly bills for the last decade or so, Worden said.
That means customers in inland areas (such as NAD) that use more energy in the summer for air-conditioning have borne the brunt of increased energy costs and are subsidizing customers who keep their usage low. (Shouldn't this be the fucking case?!?!?!?!?)
Edison is now proposing to smooth that out by increasing the current $1 or so flat rate customers now pay, Worden said.
“We’ve proposed a $10 (flat) charge that every customer would pay regardless of where they live,” he said. “That means the graduated rates would not be as steep. Customers would begin to pay a flat rate up front, and the part of their electricity rate that is determined by consumption would be less and less of the monthly bill. You would still have an incentive to conserve, but you wouldn’t see the big jumps in bills that customers in Riverside County and San Bernardino County see in the summer months.”
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Sept 2013; 309 kWh = $33
Sept 2014; 373 kWh = $60
Does this make any fucking sense?!?!?
Edison's explanation for this pilfering, Thanks Nad.
The utility is proposing that the five-tier rate structure in place since 2001 change to a simpler two-tier system.
The more complex structure, designed to encourage energy conservation, has meant most Edison customers who use little electricity have seen virtually no change in their monthly bills for the last decade or so, Worden said.
That means customers in inland areas (such as NAD) that use more energy in the summer for air-conditioning have borne the brunt of increased energy costs and are subsidizing customers who keep their usage low. (Shouldn't this be the fucking case?!?!?!?!?)
Edison is now proposing to smooth that out by increasing the current $1 or so flat rate customers now pay, Worden said.
“We’ve proposed a $10 (flat) charge that every customer would pay regardless of where they live,” he said. “That means the graduated rates would not be as steep. Customers would begin to pay a flat rate up front, and the part of their electricity rate that is determined by consumption would be less and less of the monthly bill. You would still have an incentive to conserve, but you wouldn’t see the big jumps in bills that customers in Riverside County and San Bernardino County see in the summer months.”
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