There was an edge of frustration in Paul Cellucci's voice when he raised the topic of fresh water exports in a radio interview last month.
"Canada has probably one of the largest resources of fresh water in the world," the former U.S. ambassador said during a debate on Canada-U.S. relations.
"Water is going to be - already is - a very valuable commodity and I've always found it odd where Canada is so willing to sell oil and natural gas and uranium and coal, which are by their very nature finite. But talking about water is off the table, and water is renewable.
"It doesn't make any sense to me."
The idea that water should be another commodity like oil, natural gas, uranium and coal is what doesn't make sense. Try drinking some uranium when you're dying of thirst.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cpress/year_water_for_sale
Posted by Dave at January 2, 2006 05:09 PM