http://www.mccranium.org/2009/07/31/say-what-you-mean-and-mean-what-you-say/ Moto - Music - Miscellany - Politics Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:51:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.mccranium.org/2009/07/31/say-what-you-mean-and-mean-what-you-say/comment-page-1/#comment-128376 Gordon Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:47:40 +0000 http://www.mccranium.org/?p=1132#comment-128376 It is interesting all this hullabaloo about the renewable/non renewable status of hydro. I remember in 2004 Cantwell making the explicit point  about hydro being a renewable resource at a Kerry rally in Seattle. But I would add that hydro renewability is contingent on avoiding global warming catastrophe. For if there is no snow in them there mountains then there is no water in there rivers. And perhaps we and California owe a debt of gratitude to the great state of Montana. I do recall Brian Schweitzer pointing out that most of the fresh water in the continental US ultimately originates in the Rockies from Montana and Colorado. One interesting factoid, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_renewable_water_resources" title="List of countries by fresh water resources." rel="nofollow">Brazil has almost 3 times the amount of fresh water as the U.S.</a> It is interesting all this hullabaloo about the renewable/non renewable status of hydro. I remember in 2004 Cantwell making the explicit point  about hydro being a renewable resource at a Kerry rally in Seattle.
But I would add that hydro renewability is contingent on avoiding global warming catastrophe. For if there is no snow in them there mountains then there is no water in there rivers. And perhaps we and California owe a debt of gratitude to the great state of Montana. I do recall Brian Schweitzer pointing out that most of the fresh water in the continental US ultimately originates in the Rockies from Montana and Colorado.
One interesting factoid, Brazil has almost 3 times the amount of fresh water as the U.S.

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