Re-Gain

Advancements in weather and economic modeling are documenting the cost of man-made carbon dioxide and other pollutants.   The White House is concerned of the financial concerns of climate change. The White House Budget Chief, Shaun Donovan, comments below; …global economic output could suffer by about 0.90 percent in the United States that would amount to whacking of gross domestic product by $150 billion a year.  And as the Great Recession demonstrated, “even small reductions in real GDP can dramatically reduce federal revenue, drive our deficits and impact the government’s ability to serve the public,”… 1 Conserving certainly can lessen our nearly $18 trillion national debt.  Also we can invest in new economic development program to combat this human environmental crisis. According to the American Geophysical Union, 80 percent of the increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere since 1700’s has occurred in the 20th and 21st centuries. Also the Pew Center on Global Climate

When the well runs dry, we know the worth of water.   Ben Franklin California’s mega-drought serves as a reminder how precious our water resources are.   Many Americans are unaware what ground water is.   The stuff that creates life below the subsurface like the water that is stored in a potted plant.   Today we are depleting out of the ground H20 that has enormous impact on future reserves since to water is limited and requires time to recharge.  Throughout the world, clean water is becoming the most precious resource.   Half of the world’s population -- or three billion people -- live without access to safe drinking water.   With an estimated 2 billion additional people to be born in the next 30 years, good water will be even scarcer.   Here and worldwide, record droughts and water shortages are forcing us to reexamine water use. Four trillion gallons of water fall daily in America, much of which runs off or is evaporated.   Overall the U.S. withdraws 339 billion gallo