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My wife and I just returned from a short visit to Yosemite National Park. Here are a few photos I took with my iPAD of the spectacular natural environment there:
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GLASS HALF REAL
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“Reality is an empty glass half-full of birds and bats who flutter with opinions about the blackness of space, the whiteness of stars, the beauty of feathers, and the ugliness of nothing(ness).”
~ Lawrence R. Spencer. 2014 ~
BEST DEFENSE AGAINST BOREDOM
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“An active imagination is the best defense against boredom.” — Lawrence R. Spencer
THE CAGE
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“ONE PERCENT” WATER MANAGEMENT
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Maxim of “One Percenter” Water (Mis)Management: The ‘peasants’ can die of thirst…. Water the golf course first!
WATER AND EARTH
Three-quarters of the Earth’s surface is covered with water, yet 98 percent is salt water and not fit for consumption.
Less than one percent of all the water on Earth is freshwater available for human consumption.
WATER AND HUMANS
The human body is more than 60 percent water. Blood is 92 percent water, the brain and muscles are 75 percent water, and bones are about 22 percent water.
A human can survive for a month or more without eating food, but only a week or so without drinking water.
WATER CONSUMPTION
3.9 trillion gallons of water are consumed in the United States per month.
The average American uses 176 gallons of water per day compared to 5 gallons of water the average African family uses each day.
WATER CONSUMED BY GOLF COURSES for WEALTHY PEOPLE
Amount of water it would take, per day, to support 4.7 billion people at the UN daily minimum: 2.5 billion gallons
Amount of water used, per day, to irrigate the world’s golf courses: 2.5 billion gallons
Amount of water used by 60,000 villagers in Thailand, on average, per day: 6,500 cubic meters
Amount of water used by one golf course in Thailand, on average, per day: 6,500 cubic meters
| Country | Number of Golf Courses | % |
|---|---|---|
| USA | 17,672 | 50% |
| UK | 2,752 | 8% |
| Japan | 2,442 | 7% |
| Canada | 2,300 | 7% |
| Australia | 1,500 | 4% |
| Germany | 684 | 2% |
| France | 559 | 2% |
| China | 500 | 1% |
| Sweden | 480 | 1% |
| South Africa | 450 | 1% |
| Rest of the world | 5,773 | 17% |
| Total | 35,112 |