By JLBane
I read an editorial recently by the North American Water and Power Alliance (NAWAPA), the brain child of Lyndon LaRouche. LaRouche aims to unite Russia, China and Africa to fight a war against what he calls the “British imperial system” and save the planet from tyranny by diverting water from Alaska and The Great Lakes into Texas.
“Fair enough,” I thought; another evangelist-type zealot with a chip on his shoulder. But what really got me was his claim that the green movement is the new face of fascism and that down-scaling our technology will result in a more ignorant and stupid populace.
I’m seeing a more ignorant and stupid society as a result of technology, but I haven’t seen too many blonde-haired, blue-eyed trees wearing swastikas lately.
LaRouche intends to use high level technology to transport water from Canada and Alaska to irrigate farmland in Texas, eventually moving it out to Russia, Siberia, Arab countries, China and Africa. He claims that too much fresh water is being lost to the oceans currently, so by shipping it around the world it will increase the planet’s moisture levels and eliminate drought periods, leading to better agriculture and climate stability.
I’m sure Monsanto love that idea, because you better believe that the majority of Texan farmland is dedicated to GM crops supplying food stuffs to all the major supermarkets and fast food outlets.
But the biggest flaw in LaRouche’s plan is the need of fresh water for the Global Conveyor Belt, a series of currents and thermals which travel around the Earth’s seas keeping the climate stable while feeding the oceans vital oxygen at all depths.
Surface water is carried towards the poles where it becomes denser due to the cold; it then sinks taking oxygen with it to feed life forms at greater depths. It also prevents Europe, the UK and Iceland becoming buried under ice.
The whole climate system could come under threat if this NAWAPA plot goes ahead and there is already concern over the Global Conveyor Belt as many scientists studying hard facts have seen aberrations in the Gulf of Mexico after BP’s Deep Horizon oil spill. Although the oil spill is only a small part per billions of gallons in the great ocean scheme; the detrimental effect it has had on the local area is also affecting surrounding local systems. That kind of knock on effect can be disastrous for the whole planet.
The world is a well balanced ecosystem and to me the idea of messing with that system is just plain wrong and arrogant. What’s worse is that the NAWAPA scheme seems ultimately like a huge profiteering venture disguised under the veil of agricultural and climate concern.
NAWAPA and other ‘grand’ organisations need to leave the planet alone and let it do what it’s always done. It was doing a fine job before men came along and it will continue to do so long after we’ve gone.
If you would convince a man that he does wrong; do right. Men will believe what they see. ~ Henry David Thoreau
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The NAWAPA Project being promoted by http://www.Larouchepac.com is a dead horse that has no reason to be resurrected.
The diversion of Canada’s rivers into the desert southwestern United States is nothing other than the export of Canada’s freshwater wealth. This proposed megaproject is not considered to be COST EFFECTIVE. It has little political support in Canada, makes no economic sense, would have an enormous negative ecological impact, and would cause immeasurable social problems if executed. Furthermore, the Canadian position on the North American Free Trade Agreement is to exempt water exports, in part specifically to pre-empt any attempted completion of the NAWAPA project.