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mejiac Excellente article Mary! As someone that has had experience with debt counseling, this is a very positive story on teaching people ways to get out of debt, save and move forward with their goals. I...
Venks Ha, it seems Vancouver really has us perplexed, eh? It seems Vancouver is running away with all the coveted prizes. But on a serious note, what is Vancouver doing different for all this to achieve?...
Venks Has anyone noticed the fact that Stockholm has 93% less car users today? Thats amazing right. The road traffic and pedesterain issues are frequently discussed in Future cities. But has anyone got...
Venks And kudos to New York and London for positioning themselves as leaders here. These are very large and populated cities in comparison to the others on this list, so being a green leader is no small...
Hazel Personal consumption might not be the biggest draw, but it's still consumption all the same and I think what Spain is doing to this end is pretty effective. People experience the effect of their...
Mujuku It's not something I know an awful lot about, but you're right. There needs to be new legislation to cover the use of big data by government, and private companies for that matter. The story about...
Mary Jander Mujuku, you bring up a key point: Privacy issues are forcing city governments to clarify their positions relative to the public data available for use. So while mobile info via GPS may be available...
Mujuku A stimulating read - thank you Mary. There are some very promising leads here. Transport planning springs most to mind. The use of Oyster cards here in London (which you pre-load with credit...
Susan Leach One side note: The Torrevieja desalination plant mentioned in the FT article -- the largest is Europe and second largest in the world -- is about to start operations, after five years of political...
Susan Leach Yes, it's primarily sea water -- the Mediterranean in this case. But it's not uncontroversial. There are those who think desalination plants are a good back up solution, but not realistic as a main...
Nicole Ferraro Hi Susan. I didn't know that! Thanks for the info. So is the primary purpose for desalination of ocean water, then?
Susan Leach Nicole, you might be interested to know that Spain is the largest user of desalination plants in Europe -- maybe in the Western world. They built the first one almost 50 years ago in the Canary Islands,...
Susan Leach One thing they do here in Spain is increase the cost of water the more you use. So the tarrif per cubic meter goes up with consumption. And even renters pay for water here. It makes one much...
Davedgreat2000 Arv, thank you. With rain water harvesting all one needs is a large water barrel and attach it to your roof drainage system, you would not be collecting thousands of gallons of water but at most...
arv As your username goes you are Dave-d-great!!! you make very good points, 1. if water lands in the corporations hand then people will suffer and 2. about the Desal plants. With so much of...
Davedgreat2000 People barely have enough money to buy food let alone water, if these companies have their ways they will control all the water and be able to charge any price they want. People will die if they...
Nicole Ferraro "If you think prices for water are bad now, wait until companies get a hold on it...oh wait they already have...Bottled water" Too true, Davedgreat! It actually blows my mind that bottled water...
Davedgreat2000 Nicole, you are welcome. I agree with you to a point. Like I asked before, What are we to do? we need water. And more and more water is polluted or being used for farming or even beautification of...
Davedgreat2000 Nicole, you are welcome. I agree with you to a point. Like I asked before, What are we to do? we need water. And more and more water is polluted or being used for farming or even beautification of...
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mejiac Excellente article Mary! As someone that has had experience with debt counseling, this is a very positive story on teaching people ways to get out of debt, save and move forward with their goals. I...
Venks Ha, it seems Vancouver really has us perplexed, eh? It seems Vancouver is running away with all the coveted prizes. But on a serious note, what is Vancouver doing different for all this to achieve?...
Venks Has anyone noticed the fact that Stockholm has 93% less car users today? Thats amazing right. The road traffic and pedesterain issues are frequently discussed in Future cities. But has anyone got...
Venks And kudos to New York and London for positioning themselves as leaders here. These are very large and populated cities in comparison to the others on this list, so being a green leader is no small...
Hazel Personal consumption might not be the biggest draw, but it's still consumption all the same and I think what Spain is doing to this end is pretty effective. People experience the effect of their...
Mujuku It's not something I know an awful lot about, but you're right. There needs to be new legislation to cover the use of big data by government, and private companies for that matter. The story about...
Mary Jander Mujuku, you bring up a key point: Privacy issues are forcing city governments to clarify their positions relative to the public data available for use. So while mobile info via GPS may be available...
Mujuku A stimulating read - thank you Mary. There are some very promising leads here. Transport planning springs most to mind. The use of Oyster cards here in London (which you pre-load with credit...
Susan Leach One side note: The Torrevieja desalination plant mentioned in the FT article -- the largest is Europe and second largest in the world -- is about to start operations, after five years of political...
Susan Leach Yes, it's primarily sea water -- the Mediterranean in this case. But it's not uncontroversial. There are those who think desalination plants are a good back up solution, but not realistic as a main...
Nicole Ferraro Hi Susan. I didn't know that! Thanks for the info. So is the primary purpose for desalination of ocean water, then?
Susan Leach Nicole, you might be interested to know that Spain is the largest user of desalination plants in Europe -- maybe in the Western world. They built the first one almost 50 years ago in the Canary Islands,...
Susan Leach One thing they do here in Spain is increase the cost of water the more you use. So the tarrif per cubic meter goes up with consumption. And even renters pay for water here. It makes one much...
Davedgreat2000 Arv, thank you. With rain water harvesting all one needs is a large water barrel and attach it to your roof drainage system, you would not be collecting thousands of gallons of water but at most...
arv As your username goes you are Dave-d-great!!! you make very good points, 1. if water lands in the corporations hand then people will suffer and 2. about the Desal plants. With so much of...
Davedgreat2000 People barely have enough money to buy food let alone water, if these companies have their ways they will control all the water and be able to charge any price they want. People will die if they...
Nicole Ferraro "If you think prices for water are bad now, wait until companies get a hold on it...oh wait they already have...Bottled water" Too true, Davedgreat! It actually blows my mind that bottled water...
Davedgreat2000 Nicole, you are welcome. I agree with you to a point. Like I asked before, What are we to do? we need water. And more and more water is polluted or being used for farming or even beautification of...
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