Sunday, September 08, 2013

Amazing Israel Makes Drought A Thing Of The Past

One of the major problems in the Middle East is water and the lack of it. All over the region,there's a struggle to have enough clean water for the needs of growing populations while still maintaining enough for agriculture and industrial use.

When drought hits, it can become a matter of life and death.

Except in one country - Israel.

The Israelis have always been a water conscious society. As a small country surrounded by genocidal enemies, they had to make every bit of land count, and that meant making every drop of water count too, especially given the periodic attempts by the neighboring Arab countries to dam off water sources from reaching Israel and its major source of fresh water, Lake Kinneret.

The Israelis became world leaders in irrigation technology, built a major water carrier and followed up with state-of -the-art desalinization projects...and all without billions in petro-dollars to fund it. And it's paid off. Just a few years ago, the Israeli government was running ads on television featuring celebrities like model Bar Rafeali, singer Ninet Tayeb and actor Moshe Ivgy on the dangers of drought and urging people to conserve water at all costs.Now those ads are off the air.


Alex Kushnir, the head of Israel's water authority weighs in, saying that in Israel, for the foreseeable future, the water crisis is over :





As Israel's population and agricultural and industrial needs grew, even these programs weren’t enough to meet the demand. So the Israelis came up with yet another innovation:





That's what a people can do when they have a culture of self-reliance, education and innovation. And it's    noteworthy that while government assisted in some areas and coordinated certain projects,  all of Israel's desalination plants were privately built and owned.

As Kushnir mentions, less dependence on ground water also means Israel's aquifers will have a chance to refill,and as Kushnir also notes, the replenishment of the aquifirs is well on the way, especially since rainfall collection has also become much more efficient.

With it's new technology and innovation, Israel may actually become a water exporter.

Imagine what would happen if instead of constantly trying to murder the Jews and drive them out of the region, the Arabs actually made peace with them and learned from what Israel has to offer?

(H/T,Professor Bill at Legal Insurrection)


gitty said...

Great! Now can we stop giving these assholes money?

Rob said...

Oh, look what crawled out of the woodwork!

Actually, most of that money goes to buy arms to defend themselves and ends up right back here.

And speaking of assholes, why don't you take your head out of yours and read this, just so you get an idea of what we get for that aid? Assuming you read, of course.Most people with your mentality are challenged in that area.

It's one of the biggest foreign policy bargains America has going for it. That's why the vast majority of Americans support Israel and want that relationship to continue.

Actually, a lot of people - including me - think that from Israel's standpoint, they'd be better off building more of their own stuff and charting a more independent course. That day may come, especially if Obama has his way and then people like you may realize exactly how important our strategic relationship with Israel is.

Anonymous said...

It's always amusing to see conservatives embrace the notion that government spending creates a net surplus. It's almost as if they had no principles ( or memory...)

Tantric Logic said...

Hey Anonymous, we loan Israel money to buy weapons and equipment from American manufacturers.

In exchange, we get a number of strategic benefits that would cost us far more than the aid we give Israel if we had to purchase them ourselves.Read the article Rob linked to and take notes.

The profits the U.S. companies make on those sales are taxed, and the profits are also used to buy good and services or to invest, which creates further economic activity that's also taxed. People also get hired to work on these contracts, and make salaries (also taxed) and also buy goods and services, which are taxed.

Even somebody at your level of mental development ought to be able to figure that out.

This applies to things the government spends money on that actually create something of monetary value...unlike hiring a bunch of ex-ACORN goons as ObamaCare 'advisers'. Or giving billions to the various green energy scams run by Obama donors. That's just money down a rat hole.

What's really going on is that you have a problem with us giving Israel any aid at all, even though it pays off big time for America. Just admit it and STFU.