tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post5454042673179653557..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: Seeding the way out of our continuing water problemsMichael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-24742633412376313482010-04-17T07:37:54.924+08:002010-04-17T07:37:54.924+08:00Seeding isn't the way to go. I live in Austral...Seeding isn't the way to go. I live in Australia where we've had a drought for the past few years and only recently have begun to recover. Raising the prices of water and imposing strict water restrictions is definitely the way to go. <br /><br />Taiwan's water is ridiculously cheap, raising it would make people use water more wisely. Sometimes governments have to make tough choices, raising the price of water is the right thing to do - people are worse off without water than paying more for water.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-3726477304576951592010-04-16T16:05:23.927+08:002010-04-16T16:05:23.927+08:00Good find Steve. I always hope that the extreme co...Good find Steve. I always hope that the extreme conditions here will force governments to soon rethink industrial policies, especially dams, not for residential use, but "science parks."Robert Scott Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17790139614002283723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-32468362784389701322010-04-16T12:07:04.541+08:002010-04-16T12:07:04.541+08:00"How about collecting all the stuff that rain..."How about collecting all the stuff that rains down on Taipei approximately every _freaking_ other day and pump it to the south?"<br /><br />I like it! Burn coal to run the pumps to send water to drought areas affected by climate change.<br />(ok, jokes all around).Robert R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12956389352825464115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-26026073821524339142010-04-16T09:03:06.627+08:002010-04-16T09:03:06.627+08:00I live just outside Tainan and it rained several t...I live just outside Tainan and it rained several times in the last 24 hours. Not because of seeding, I'm sure. Just cold, wet weather.<br /><br />Actually, Taiwan's rainfall per capita is very low:<br /><br />"Owing to the dense population on this island, however, the average precipitation share per capita amounts to only 3,913 m3 per year, which is less than one eighth of the world average."<br /><br />from:<br />http://doie.coa.gov.tw/english/about-history-part1.aspSteven Crook...https://www.blogger.com/profile/08789982069395991375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-15433439577910104312010-04-16T04:18:20.253+08:002010-04-16T04:18:20.253+08:00How about collecting all the stuff that rains down...How about collecting all the stuff that rains down on Taipei approximately every _freaking_ other day and pump it to the south?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com