Friday, April 6, 2012

water..going way up in price

http://www.fastcoexist.com/1679610/3-things-that-will-cost-more-in-2012

GOING WAY UP: Water.

Texas imposed restrictions on water use in 1,000 cities as droughts worsened, and numerous experts reported that this is not your granddaddy’s periodic dry spell, but rather the direct result of climate change. Spicewood Beach, a community of some 500 homes near Austin, became the first Texas town to officially run out of water and now must buy the precious commodity by the truckload. A bit farther south, severe drought in Mexico has cost farmers more than a billion dollars in crop losses; killed 60,000 head of cattle and weakened two million more; and forced the government to spend nearly $3 billion in emergency aid. "Droughts are cyclical--we know that--but they are growing more frequent and severe due to climate change," said Elvira Quesada, the Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources. When the price of water goes up, so does the price of food? Mexico’s food imports leapt 35% last year

Saturday, November 13, 2010

AIR ISSUES

FOOD ISSUES

SOCIAL ISSUES

WATER ISSUES

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is an African country

The capital of Zimbabwe is Harare

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The currency of Zimbabwe is the Zimbabwe Dollar(ZWL)


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Coordinates (in Latitude & Longitude) of Zimbabwe

20 00 S, 30 00 E 0 kilometers 386,670 square kilometers 3,910 square kilometers 27.72 / 1000 population 21.76 / 1000 population 1,740 sq km

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Irrigated land

12,311,143

Zambia

Zambia is an African country

The capital of Zambia is Lusaka

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The currency of Zambia is the Zambian Kwacha(ZMK)


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15 00 S, 30 00 E 0 kilometers 740,724 square kilometers 11,890 square kilometers 40.78 / 1000 population 21.46 / 1000 population 1,560 sq km

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11,477,447