tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23460707.post2178538484743590922..comments2023-06-13T04:19:36.351-07:00Comments on Thinking Out Loud: What if your community runs out of drinking water?Gail Jonashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01112450907788303779noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23460707.post-50694960059152042282007-12-06T11:05:00.000-08:002007-12-06T11:05:00.000-08:00Houses should be designed with their own independe...Houses should be designed with their own independent power plants (solar roof tiles, etc.) and water treatment plants (gathering and storing rain runnoff, and recycling grey water).<BR/><BR/>Maybe someday we'll see contractors incorporating these "independent" living features in new homes, as the idea of living essentially "off the grid" and independent of public utilities grows in popularity.<BR/><BR/>A nation with such a widely diversified and decentralized web of independent utility plants would be almost impervious to terrorist attack on public utilities ... currently the easiest, most vulnerable, and deadliest target for anti-U.S. terrorists to attack.Chris Borlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09064420026829425687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23460707.post-77312234850895671242007-12-06T10:25:00.000-08:002007-12-06T10:25:00.000-08:00Caveat: I checked Sperling's data for Petaluma con...Caveat: I checked Sperling's data for Petaluma conditions, and then checked their general information on Petaluma. I found their population data was wildly off the mark. Petaluma has nearly twice as many people as the 31,526 listed "as of 2007." Makes me wonder about their drought data, though it seems generally accurate.Weedgardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10322038593316976561noreply@blogger.com