Big brother Chavez to citizens

[daniel49]

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CARACAS (Reuters) - Leftist President Hugo Chavez called on Venezuelans on Wednesday to stop singing in the shower and to wash in three minutes because the oil-exporting nation is having problems supplying water and electricity.

Venezuela has suffered several serious blackouts in the past year because of rapidly growing demand and under-investment, which has been aggravated by a drop in water levels in hydroelectric dams that provide most of its energy.

Chavez announced energy-saving measures and said he would create a ministry to deal with the electricity shortages, which have affected the image of his socialist revolution before legislative elections due in 2010...(cont)

Hmm this may be in Barracks speech next week for us.
after all we shouldn't be selfish with the earths resouces
And it would help with global warming.

 

[TheSkinsFan]

Chavez announced energy-saving measures and said he would create a ministry to deal with the electricity shortages.

It sounds like he's using the same playbook as both Bush and Obama. Imagine that.

 

[Moonbeam]

We should do this. All bath faucets in the US should be electronically set and timed and monitored by the Ministry of Showers, starting say at 5 min, we not being a third world nation and all and the water should be recycled within the home to wash dishes, cool, flush etc. The gray water should then be locally collected and used for landscape and local farming. Anybody so choosing could buy devices that heat the bath run off with solar, filter it and recycle it back into the shower for those desiring more than 5 min. Sever fines for failure to comply will quickly help people to realize they can enjoy other things than jerking off in the tub with the water running.

 

[gingermeggs]

Originally posted by: Moonbeam
We should do this. All bath faucets in the US should be electronically set and timed and monitored by the Ministry of Showers, starting say at 5 min, we not being a third world nation and all and the water should be recycled within the home to wash dishes, cool, flush etc. The gray water should then be locally collected and used for landscape and local farming. Anybody so choosing could buy devices that heat the bath run off with solar, filter it and recycle it back into the shower for those desiring more than 5 min. Sever fines for failure to comply will quickly help people to realize they can enjoy other things than jerking off in the tub with the water running.

what about buying a 5,000gal water tank to collect your roof water and using solar to heat it?
to simple i guess.

 

[Moonbeam]

Not at all too simple. I have been looking at the tanks along US 80 between SF and Sacramento for some time with that thought in mind. All homes should be built to collect rain water as part of the original design. That way the tanks could be put underground. The water could also be used to heat and cool the house.

 

[MotF Bane]

Originally posted by: Moonbeam
Not at all too simple. I have been looking at the tanks along US 80 between SF and Sacramento for some time with that thought in mind. All homes should be built to collect rain water as part of the original design. That way the tanks could be put underground. The water could also be used to heat and cool the house.

Let's just use the Roman villa format. It isn't designed for multiple floors - you can get rid of these McMansions, and no garage design may help eliminate those nasty polluting cars. As for rain, the courtyard collects it, and the water falling through the roof reminds everyone of the environment continuously.

 

[Rastus]

It's illegal in most places to collect rain water for personal use because the people who own irrigation water shares downstream already own it.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: Rastus
It's illegal in most places to collect rain water for personal use because the people who own irrigation water shares downstream already own it.

yeap. kinda amazing aint it?

 

[PottedMeat]

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: Rastus
It's illegal in most places to collect rain water for personal use because the people who own irrigation water shares downstream already own it.

yeap. kinda amazing aint it?

How often is this actually enforced on say a owner of a small home?

 

[Robor]

Troll thread

 

[GeezerMan]

Originally posted by: Rastus
It's illegal in most places to collect rain water for personal use because the people who own irrigation water shares downstream already own it.

And that's when the 2nd amendment comes in handy...

 

[GeezerMan]

Originally posted by: TheSkinsFan

Chavez announced energy-saving measures and said he would create a ministry to deal with the electricity shortages.

It sounds like he's using the same playbook as both Bush and Obama. Imagine that.

Ahhhh...come on man....we aint got no ministry of this or ministry of that...we got czars...completely different name....

 

[marvdmartian]

Originally posted by: gingermeggs

Originally posted by: Moonbeam
We should do this. All bath faucets in the US should be electronically set and timed and monitored by the Ministry of Showers, starting say at 5 min, we not being a third world nation and all and the water should be recycled within the home to wash dishes, cool, flush etc. The gray water should then be locally collected and used for landscape and local farming. Anybody so choosing could buy devices that heat the bath run off with solar, filter it and recycle it back into the shower for those desiring more than 5 min. Severe fines for failure to comply will quickly help people to realize they can enjoy other things than jerking off in the tub with the water running.

what about buying a 5,000gal water tank to collect your roof water and using solar to heat it?
to simple i guess.

Try to remember that 5000 gallons of water weighs 40,000 pounds, or 20 tons. That'd be like parking an empty cement mixer truck on your roof, and doesn't even account for the weight of the tank itself.

Plus, good luck warming water in a tank on your roof in, say, Minnesota in January. Now you have a FROZEN cement mixer truck on your roof. :roll:

Maybe the simple solution isn't so simple after all, eh?

 

[Atreus21]

Originally posted by: daniel49
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CARACAS (Reuters) - Leftist President Hugo Chavez called on Venezuelans on Wednesday to stop singing in the shower and to wash in three minutes because the oil-exporting nation is having problems supplying water and electricity.

Venezuela has suffered several serious blackouts in the past year because of rapidly growing demand and under-investment, which has been aggravated by a drop in water levels in hydroelectric dams that provide most of its energy.

Chavez announced energy-saving measures and said he would create a ministry to deal with the electricity shortages, which have affected the image of his socialist revolution before legislative elections due in 2010...(cont)

Hmm this may be in Barracks speech next week for us.
after all we shouldn't be selfish with the earths resouces
And it would help with global warming.

Shortages in Socialist Utopia? Shirley, you jest.

 

[CADsortaGUY]

Originally posted by: marvdmartian

Originally posted by: gingermeggs

Originally posted by: Moonbeam
We should do this. All bath faucets in the US should be electronically set and timed and monitored by the Ministry of Showers, starting say at 5 min, we not being a third world nation and all and the water should be recycled within the home to wash dishes, cool, flush etc. The gray water should then be locally collected and used for landscape and local farming. Anybody so choosing could buy devices that heat the bath run off with solar, filter it and recycle it back into the shower for those desiring more than 5 min. Severe fines for failure to comply will quickly help people to realize they can enjoy other things than jerking off in the tub with the water running.

what about buying a 5,000gal water tank to collect your roof water and using solar to heat it?
to simple i guess.

Try to remember that 5000 gallons of water weighs 40,000 pounds, or 20 tons. That'd be like parking an empty cement mixer truck on your roof, and doesn't even account for the weight of the tank itself.

Plus, good luck warming water in a tank on your roof in, say, Minnesota in January. Now you have a FROZEN cement mixer truck on your roof. :roll:

Maybe the simple solution isn't so simple after all, eh?

Psstt - the tank doesn't need to be on the roof. And there are many solar water heaters in Minnesota.

http://www.mnrenewables.org/solar-tour

First and last picture have solar water heaters on the roof. Both also have photo voltaic arrays too.

 

[Corn]

Originally posted by: marvdmartian

Originally posted by: gingermeggs

Originally posted by: Moonbeam
We should do this. All bath faucets in the US should be electronically set and timed and monitored by the Ministry of Showers, starting say at 5 min, we not being a third world nation and all and the water should be recycled within the home to wash dishes, cool, flush etc. The gray water should then be locally collected and used for landscape and local farming. Anybody so choosing could buy devices that heat the bath run off with solar, filter it and recycle it back into the shower for those desiring more than 5 min. Severe fines for failure to comply will quickly help people to realize they can enjoy other things than jerking off in the tub with the water running.

what about buying a 5,000gal water tank to collect your roof water and using solar to heat it?
to simple i guess.

Try to remember that 5000 gallons of water weighs 40,000 pounds, or 20 tons. That'd be like parking an empty cement mixer truck on your roof, and doesn't even account for the weight of the tank itself.

Plus, good luck warming water in a tank on your roof in, say, Minnesota in January. Now you have a FROZEN cement mixer truck on your roof. :roll:

Maybe the simple solution isn't so simple after all, eh?

LOL, ummmmmm, a cistern doesn't generally sit atop a roof (although there are some designed for this so that pumps are not required, yet the house has to be designed for this in mind as water is kinda heavy). Water that falls onto the roof is generally collected and stored undergound.

 

[MotF Bane]

Originally posted by: marvdmartian

Originally posted by: gingermeggs

Originally posted by: Moonbeam
We should do this. All bath faucets in the US should be electronically set and timed and monitored by the Ministry of Showers, starting say at 5 min, we not being a third world nation and all and the water should be recycled within the home to wash dishes, cool, flush etc. The gray water should then be locally collected and used for landscape and local farming. Anybody so choosing could buy devices that heat the bath run off with solar, filter it and recycle it back into the shower for those desiring more than 5 min. Severe fines for failure to comply will quickly help people to realize they can enjoy other things than jerking off in the tub with the water running.

what about buying a 5,000gal water tank to collect your roof water and using solar to heat it?
to simple i guess.

Try to remember that 5000 gallons of water weighs 40,000 pounds, or 20 tons. That'd be like parking an empty cement mixer truck on your roof, and doesn't even account for the weight of the tank itself.

Plus, good luck warming water in a tank on your roof in, say, Minnesota in January. Now you have a FROZEN cement mixer truck on your roof. :roll:

Maybe the simple solution isn't so simple after all, eh?

/facepalm

 

[Genx87]

Leftist President Hugo Chavez called on Venezuelans on Wednesday to stop singing in the shower and to wash in three minutes because the oil-exporting nation is having problems supplying water and electricity.

 

[CPA]

Originally posted by: MotF Bane

Originally posted by: Moonbeam
Not at all too simple. I have been looking at the tanks along US 80 between SF and Sacramento for some time with that thought in mind. All homes should be built to collect rain water as part of the original design. That way the tanks could be put underground. The water could also be used to heat and cool the house.

Let's just use the Roman villa format. It isn't designed for multiple floors - you can get rid of these McMansions, and no garage design may help eliminate those nasty polluting cars. As for rain, the courtyard collects it, and the water falling through the roof reminds everyone of the environment continuously.

And go back to public bath houses, that way we know for sure that water is being reused and the amount is tightly monitored. We don't need showers and tubs in the households. Progress and privacy be damned.

 

[TruePaige]

Originally posted by: marvdmartian

Originally posted by: gingermeggs

Originally posted by: Moonbeam
We should do this. All bath faucets in the US should be electronically set and timed and monitored by the Ministry of Showers, starting say at 5 min, we not being a third world nation and all and the water should be recycled within the home to wash dishes, cool, flush etc. The gray water should then be locally collected and used for landscape and local farming. Anybody so choosing could buy devices that heat the bath run off with solar, filter it and recycle it back into the shower for those desiring more than 5 min. Severe fines for failure to comply will quickly help people to realize they can enjoy other things than jerking off in the tub with the water running.

what about buying a 5,000gal water tank to collect your roof water and using solar to heat it?
to simple i guess.

Try to remember that 5000 gallons of water weighs 40,000 pounds, or 20 tons. That'd be like parking an empty cement mixer truck on your roof, and doesn't even account for the weight of the tank itself.

Plus, good luck warming water in a tank on your roof in, say, Minnesota in January. Now you have a FROZEN cement mixer truck on your roof. :roll:

Maybe the simple solution isn't so simple after all, eh?

So...do all tanks and containers in your house sit on the roof?

Is your hot water heater on your roof? Man..how do people flush toilets in the basement!

I wish we could figure out this gravity thing.

 

[Moonbeam]

Originally posted by: MotF Bane

Originally posted by: marvdmartian

Originally posted by: gingermeggs

Originally posted by: Moonbeam
We should do this. All bath faucets in the US should be electronically set and timed and monitored by the Ministry of Showers, starting say at 5 min, we not being a third world nation and all and the water should be recycled within the home to wash dishes, cool, flush etc. The gray water should then be locally collected and used for landscape and local farming. Anybody so choosing could buy devices that heat the bath run off with solar, filter it and recycle it back into the shower for those desiring more than 5 min. Severe fines for failure to comply will quickly help people to realize they can enjoy other things than jerking off in the tub with the water running.

what about buying a 5,000gal water tank to collect your roof water and using solar to heat it?
to simple i guess.

Try to remember that 5000 gallons of water weighs 40,000 pounds, or 20 tons. That'd be like parking an empty cement mixer truck on your roof, and doesn't even account for the weight of the tank itself.

Plus, good luck warming water in a tank on your roof in, say, Minnesota in January. Now you have a FROZEN cement mixer truck on your roof. :roll:

Maybe the simple solution isn't so simple after all, eh?

/facepalm

Not to pile on, but I think we know where the cement is.

 

[Carmen813]

Originally posted by: TruePaige

Originally posted by: marvdmartian

Originally posted by: gingermeggs

Originally posted by: Moonbeam
We should do this. All bath faucets in the US should be electronically set and timed and monitored by the Ministry of Showers, starting say at 5 min, we not being a third world nation and all and the water should be recycled within the home to wash dishes, cool, flush etc. The gray water should then be locally collected and used for landscape and local farming. Anybody so choosing could buy devices that heat the bath run off with solar, filter it and recycle it back into the shower for those desiring more than 5 min. Severe fines for failure to comply will quickly help people to realize they can enjoy other things than jerking off in the tub with the water running.

what about buying a 5,000gal water tank to collect your roof water and using solar to heat it?
to simple i guess.

Try to remember that 5000 gallons of water weighs 40,000 pounds, or 20 tons. That'd be like parking an empty cement mixer truck on your roof, and doesn't even account for the weight of the tank itself.

Plus, good luck warming water in a tank on your roof in, say, Minnesota in January. Now you have a FROZEN cement mixer truck on your roof. :roll:

Maybe the simple solution isn't so simple after all, eh?

So...do all tanks and containers in your house sit on the roof?

Is your hot water heater on your roof? Man..how do people flush toilets in the basement!

I wish we could figure out this gravity thing.

My toilet isn't powered by gravity, it's powered by God.

 

[TruePaige]

Originally posted by: Carmen813

Originally posted by: TruePaige

Originally posted by: marvdmartian

Originally posted by: gingermeggs

Originally posted by: Moonbeam
We should do this. All bath faucets in the US should be electronically set and timed and monitored by the Ministry of Showers, starting say at 5 min, we not being a third world nation and all and the water should be recycled within the home to wash dishes, cool, flush etc. The gray water should then be locally collected and used for landscape and local farming. Anybody so choosing could buy devices that heat the bath run off with solar, filter it and recycle it back into the shower for those desiring more than 5 min. Severe fines for failure to comply will quickly help people to realize they can enjoy other things than jerking off in the tub with the water running.

what about buying a 5,000gal water tank to collect your roof water and using solar to heat it?
to simple i guess.

Try to remember that 5000 gallons of water weighs 40,000 pounds, or 20 tons. That'd be like parking an empty cement mixer truck on your roof, and doesn't even account for the weight of the tank itself.

Plus, good luck warming water in a tank on your roof in, say, Minnesota in January. Now you have a FROZEN cement mixer truck on your roof. :roll:

Maybe the simple solution isn't so simple after all, eh?

So...do all tanks and containers in your house sit on the roof?

Is your hot water heater on your roof? Man..how do people flush toilets in the basement!

I wish we could figure out this gravity thing.

My toilet isn't powered by gravity, it's powered by God.

:laugh:

That's almost sig worthy.