Someday we will have to be conservative about our resources and overall environment. The over-fishing and the vast abuse of our ecosystem cannot continue, we can’t sustain at the current rate. We have 6 billion people on this small planet and beyond what we have is…nothing.

As far as economics businesses have to change…for example I worked for a major oil pump company. The CEO saw early on in the 90’s that the economy would have to change, that the burning o fossil fuels would be phased out eventually. He diversified into other product lines…the company has been solid ever since. Smart. People need to learn to adapt to the environment than expect a profit from tearing it down.

"Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans."

— Jacques Cousteau

"Water Pollution Fact #1
40% of America's rivers are too polluted for fishing, swimming, or aquatic life.

Water Pollution Fact #2
Even worse are America's lakes—46% are too polluted for fishing, swimming, or aquatic life.

Water Pollution Fact #3
Two-thirds of US estuaries and bays are either moderately or severely degraded from eutrophication (nitrogen and phosphorus pollution).

Water Pollution Fact #4
The Mississippi River—which drains nearly 40% of the continental United States, including its central farm lands—carries an estimated 1.5 million metric tons of nitrogen pollution into the Gulf of Mexico each year. The resulting hypoxic coastal dead zone in the Gulf each summer is about the size of Massachusetts.

Water Pollution Fact #5
1.2 trillion gallons of untreated sewage, stormwater, and industrial waste are discharged into US waters annually. The US EPA has warned that sewage levels in rivers could be back to the super-polluted levels of the 1970s by the year 2016.

Water Pollution Fact #6
In any given year, about 25% of beaches in the US are under advisories or are closed at least one time because of water pollution

Water Pollution Fact #7
Asian rivers are the most polluted in the world. They have three times as many bacteria from human waste as the global average and 20 times more lead than rivers in industrialized countries.

Water Pollution Fact #8
In 2004, water from half of the tested sections of China's seven major rivers was found to be undrinkable because of pollution.

Water Pollution Fact #9
The quality of water in Europe's rivers and lakes used for swimming and water sports worsened between 2004 and 2005, with 10% of sites not meeting standards.

Water Pollution Fact #10
Slovakia has the lowest compliance with EU guidelines for freshwater areas, with only 22.4% of bathing sites meeting the standards.

Water Pollution Fact #11
Thirty percent of Ireland's rivers are polluted with sewage or fertilizer.

Water Pollution Fact #12
The Sarno is the most polluted river in Europe, featuring a nasty mix of sewage, untreated agricultural waste, industrial waste, and chemicals.

Water Pollution Fact #13
Greece has the cleanest coastal waters, followed by Spain and Germany. Lithuania and Estonia have the dirtiest coastal waters.

Water Pollution Fact #14
The King River is Australia's most polluted river, suffering from a severe acidic condition related to mining operations.

Water Pollution Fact #15
Pollution of freshwater (drinking water) is a problem for about half of the world's population. Each year there are about 250 million cases of water-related diseases, with roughly 5 to 10 million deaths.

Water Pollution Fact #16
Diseases caused by the ingestion of water contaminated with pathogenic bacteria, viruses, or parasites include:

•cholera
•typhoid
•schistosomiasis
•dysentery and other diarrheal diseases
Water Pollution Fact #17
Bangladesh has some of the most polluted groundwater in the world. In this case, the contaminant is arsenic, which occurs naturally in the sediments. Around 85% of the total area of the country has contaminated groundwater, with at least 1.2 million Bangladeshis exposed to arsenic poisoning and with millions more at risk.

Water Pollution Fact #18
Each year, plastic waste in water and coastal areas kills up to:

•100,000 marine mammals,
•1 million sea birds, and
•countless fish.
Water Pollution Fact #19
The world's seas are beset by a variety of water pollution problems. See the table below for 10 of the worst areas."

http://www.grinningplanet.com/2005/07-26/water-pollution-facts-article.htm

OOPS...heh...long day.

That's a fair point for you to make and I appreciate you making it for my understanding.
However, (and I speak humbly to you) it's not your job to clarify his statements, is it?

who cares?

And to think Obama has our best interests in mind! NOT.

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS POINT TO THE ATTENTION OF ALL.....I do believe people are able to clarify their own statements without the 'divine intervention' of the individual whose post you responded to. Who, btw, always GETS IT WRONG............