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From Water Therapy to Water Torture
By philobean | September 1, 2007
Water — the most valuable resource on Earth, a.k.a. the Blue Planet. Some fast facts: the world is made primarily out of water. Land is the exception to what is mostly vast oceans and seas. Of the Earth’s water, 97% is salty. The remainder: fresh. Of fresh water, a huge proportion — something in the 90 or so percent, I believe — is frozen. Some 1% or less, therefore, remains fresh usable water for human consumption. Environmental engineers, economists and scientists agree that this faction of a point percentage is more than enough to serve all human water needs for a long time. Key question arises, however. Does this calculation consider the quickly evolving uses and abuses of this one key resource?
On the side: water therapy and water torture? The difference: state of mind. After all, both practices involve the systematic use of water and gravity to effect some form of internal emotional reaction from the person subjected to the *treatment*. Funny, isn’t it? How what may be torture for one person held in an undeclared prison camp in Africa may be a highly sought after and well paid for service in another city halfway across the globe?
Topics: Environment, Personal |