In and out are different though aren't they? What I mean by that, is I (used to) earn money - in - I then spent that money - out. They are connected but are separate. Obviously, and we're seeing the impact, we shouldn't consume more than needed of anything. Waste typically becomes pollution.
How careful people are with that resource is up to them. BUT that is not the same as the resource not being available. 'Sorry, I can't pay you this month, the Gov hasn't printed enough money' is different to 'don't spend all your money - save some away'.
What the water company here appears to be saying is that (given we are mainly fed by aquifer) the water source and processing isn't adequate for summer usage. Isn't it obvious to anyone that bigger populations, climate change and summer = high usage? People with kids will have paddling pools, people may shower more often, they will water their gardens, they will drink more, they will make ice cubes, they will put water out for birds...
It is akin to the NHS - run down the resource and not cater for doing more procedures (as we advance in knowledge we can fix more), an ageing and growing population. Their issue is winter isn't it? The issue isn't down to people wasting NHS resource (although they do), but in the lack of investment and planning.
We had paddling pools when Possum was young. She and her pals loved them and, afterwrads, they served as plant sitters for pots when we went on hols. Very useful things.
There is a new housing development just down the road from us with 8 individual houses built on former pasture. Chappy on the corner is clearly not a gardener. The first thing we noticed as he built his small house was the terrace included at the back which included a hot tub. He erected a transparent, rigid mesh fence all round, in keeping with all the other houses on the lot. Not very private.
Then he decided he need a parking space for his van and a bigger terrace for outdoor dining so he had the council flatten the land at the side of the road, built the world's wonkiest breez block retaining wall to hold his "garden" level, moved the hot tub t the back corner and has now slatted the entire mesh fence with wooden strip to give them privacy. The rest of the "garden" will be decked with wood by his friendly carpenter neighbour.
Eco and water friendly it is not.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
I fully understand the logic of not putting use-by dates on spuds but putting them in opaque bags means you can't see if they're green or sprouting. You can only tell so much by feeling them. A picture of a healthy looking heap of spuds isn't enough😡
I rarely buy spuds but when I do I avoid the ones in plastic bags as they sweat. Loose ones are best and just enough for the one meal as these days the sprought at the drop of a hat.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
🤣 I did explain that when tipping out the used coffee grounds from the cafetière in the hope of deterring molluscs, we tip them on the soil beneath and around the hostas … not over the upper surface of the leaves 😯🫤
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
The underlying problem with water shortages is the lack of investment over many decades.
And yet they still keep handing money out to the shareholders …
That is totally wrong. Directors/senior managers should only be paid when they hit targets set by an outside body as they are in a monopoly situation and otherwise have absolutely no incentive to perform. Likewise dividends to shareholders, who would have far more incentive to have effective management in place if that was the only way they would get dividend payouts.
The underlying problem with water shortages is the lack of investment over many decades.
And yet they still keep handing money out to the shareholders …
That is totally wrong. Directors/senior managers should only be paid when they hit targets set by an outside body as they are in a monopoly situation and otherwise have absolutely no incentive to perform. Likewise dividends to shareholders, who would have far more incentive to have effective management in place if that was the only way they would get dividend payouts.
Surely being paid a substantial salary is incentive to perform?
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There is a new housing development just down the road from us with 8 individual houses built on former pasture. Chappy on the corner is clearly not a gardener. The first thing we noticed as he built his small house was the terrace included at the back which included a hot tub. He erected a transparent, rigid mesh fence all round, in keeping with all the other houses on the lot. Not very private.
Then he decided he need a parking space for his van and a bigger terrace for outdoor dining so he had the council flatten the land at the side of the road, built the world's wonkiest breez block retaining wall to hold his "garden" level, moved the hot tub t the back corner and has now slatted the entire mesh fence with wooden strip to give them privacy. The rest of the "garden" will be decked with wood by his friendly carpenter neighbour.
Eco and water friendly it is not.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
That is totally wrong. Directors/senior managers should only be paid when they hit targets set by an outside body as they are in a monopoly situation and otherwise have absolutely no incentive to perform. Likewise dividends to shareholders, who would have far more incentive to have effective management in place if that was the only way they would get dividend payouts.