I look around me and listen to the news and I'm so surprised to find myself in my native country. To hear the majority of the loudest voices out there you would think everyone had all just had a lobotomy. There is very little reasoning in the thinking. But there is a large amount of vitriol.

For some reason a lot of attention is being directed at something that seems either personal and not their business, or taking a probably innocent situation and trying to turn it into a scandal. Don't we have enough drama in our lives? Why is this type of thing taking up so much time? Don't we have a few more important issues to resolve like the economy, a couple of wars, education, health care and climate disruption?

I'd like to get into the meatier topics of our society and have a more substantial discussion. Let's pick a single topic for now and see what we can do with it. (no personal attacks accepted)

Water: Quantity and Quality

What can we do and what is being done to mitigate the larger demand, smaller quantity and more polluted content of our water?

I have lived in diverse environments from arid to humid; sparse rain to torrential monsoons; deserts to jungles. It is time to look at the lessons we can learn from our ancestors about how to survive.

Lesson one: Catch and save as much rainfall as we can.
Lesson two: Use only as much as you need.
Lesson three: Reuse all you can.

What is your opinion?