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Cape Town, home to Table Mountain, African penguins, sunshine and sea, is a world-renowned tourist destination. But it could also become famous for being the first major city in the world to run out of water.
Most recent projections suggest that its water could run out as early as March. The crisis has been caused by three years of very low rainfall, coupled with increasing consumption by a growing population.
The local government is racing to address the situation, with desalination plants to make sea water drinkable, groundwater collection projects, and water recycling programmes.
Meanwhile Cape Town's four million residents are being urged to conserve water and use no more than 87 litres (19 gallons) a day. Car washing and filling up swimming pools has been banned. And the visiting Indian cricket team were told to limit their post-match showers to two minutes.
Such water-related problems are not confined to Cape Town, of course.
Nearly 850 million people globally lack access to safe drinking water, says the World Health Organisation, and droughts are increasing.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by frojack on Saturday January 13 2018, @10:05PM (2 children)
So barely even keeping up with inflation then.... Zero Growth or net negative growth perhaps.
In 2016, the relative value of $3,445.00 from 1994 ranges from $5,200.00 to $8,780.00.
https://www.measuringworth.com/uscompare/ [measuringworth.com]
http://www.usinflationcalculator.com/ [usinflationcalculator.com]
What you consider the only valid point is rather educational all by itself. Especially with the present trend of importing the kleptocrats into the EU at record rates just so there will be someone to milk the cows, only to find out they aren't interested in that kind of cow.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 4, Informative) by jelizondo on Saturday January 13 2018, @11:08PM (1 child)
Thank for the reply. Indeed, it could be much better, as it was during 2010-11 but the government is more interested in lining their pockets than in doing good for the country.
Now, my point was that the parent poster pulled figures out of his behind to support his opinion of white being superior to black. The GDP has never been $13k dollars, so clearly it was made up.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 14 2018, @04:45PM
Maybe before "those changes" the blacks weren't counted at all so the GDP was 13k dollars per white capita ;).
And life was just great for most of the whites and pretty crappy for the blacks.
The blacks aren't doing themselves favors though (we're not monkeys, whooooo ninja-style!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_JD_v2kIzk [youtube.com]
Reminds me of those Muslims firebombing buildings and shooting people because some cartoons linked Islam to violence and terrorism ;).