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autorank

(29,456 posts) Tue Jun 17, 2014, 01:26 AM Jun 2014

There goes the 'overcharge for water' market

Water scarcity could be liquid gold for investors
A world awash in water, but not enough to drink
Market Watch, 3/1/2013

"Vast Oceans of Water May be Trapped in Earth's Interior"
DAILY GALAXY
Discover Channel 3/16/2014

Researchers from Northwestern University and the University of New Mexico report evidence for potentially oceans worth of water deep beneath the United States. Though not in the familiar liquid form -- the ingredients for water are bound up in rock deep in the Earth’s mantle -- the discovery may represent the planet’s largest water reservoir.

LINK: http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2014/06/vast-oceans-of-water-may-be-trapped-in-earths-interior.html#more

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There goes the 'overcharge for water' market (Original Post) autorank Jun 2014 OP

Interesting indeed. edgineered Jun 2014 #1

Deceptive headline. Scootaloo Jun 2014 #2

Don't dash the hopes of the edgineered Jun 2014 #3

Oh, goodie HeiressofBickworth Jun 2014 #4

edgineered

(2,101 posts)

1. Interesting indeed.

Reply to autorank (Original post)

Tue Jun 17, 2014, 01:38 AM

Jun 2014

Glad you found the link, this came up a few days ago without one.

Someday someone will figure out how to access it - 400 miles down - there goes the rest of the planet - some fracker on steroids with bigger truck and more chems

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)

2. Deceptive headline.

Reply to autorank (Original post)

Tue Jun 17, 2014, 02:01 AM

Jun 2014

Though not in the familiar liquid form -- the ingredients for water are bound up in rock deep in the Earth’s mantle -- the discovery may represent the planet’s largest water reservoir.

This is hydrogen and oxygen bound up in mineral form - hydroxides. It's not "water" any more than gypsum - a hydrate - is.

It's sort of like saying that cheeseburgers are diamonds because both are made of carbon.

edgineered

(2,101 posts)

3. Don't dash the hopes of the

Reply to Scootaloo (Reply #2)

Tue Jun 17, 2014, 02:35 AM

Jun 2014

population. Just be happy that now we can have faith in knowing where all Noah's water went. God put it there for those fracking people.

HeiressofBickworth

(2,682 posts)

4. Oh, goodie

Reply to autorank (Original post)

Tue Jun 17, 2014, 04:17 AM

Jun 2014

Now big business can proceed to pollute and/or consume all the water they can get their hands on -- after all, there's this HUGE reserve a mere 400 miles under our feet and god will surely develop a safe, clean way to extract that lovely water. Conservation problem SOLVED!! Now, can we catch up on the Kardashians?

(sarcasm thingy)

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