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Cause apparently we're in a drought.pyro said:
Art or waste?
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So does a pre-meditated murder.Tommy B said:
A couple of reasons there is a problem:pyro said:
1. Our water infrastructure is old and useless.
2. The last couple of years have been *very* dry, especially for the South-East. I can only remember a few days when there has been significant rain, and it hasn't been for long.
As for this "artist", he seems like a complete waste of space. He isn't after highlighting any issues. He's just after swelling his own ego and getting himself in the newspapers.
^ We have maybe 1/5 of the rain you guys have back home in Greece, yet we don't have major problems, in some islands there are small situations, it just strucks me as an odd that there could be such a problem here.
It doesn't really make sence having drought and England in the same sentence.
Phnom_Penh said:
It doesn't really make sence having drought and England in the same sentence.
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dmpoole said:
Going by his logic, a serial killer could just say "I understand killing is wrong. But I'm an artist so I'm not wasting a life for nothing."
So much "art" is just completely ridiculous. This guy is just a complete fruitcake. The things he does are like what they do on things like trigger happy TV but at least they don't claim it's art.
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Too overtly political for my tastes. And even if it wasnt politically motivated, I still wouldnt think much of it.
xyphic said:
Bingo
There's only so much water that can come from Reservoirs/Boreholes/Lakes/Rivers etc and it's hugely dependant on the natural water source of Rain. It's not such a problem up here as we a) have smaller population and b) have more rain but England are reaching a point where it's going to be a common occurrence. Although your point about it being the water infrastructure isn't really relevant, that only affects the pressure and flow you will get when you turn your tap on and could be being artificially controlled, there is only a finite amount of water in the network at any one time and that's when the hose pipe ban will come into effect as the Service Reservoirs and Water Tanks/Towers become dangerously low, and the topup isn't enough to cope with demand. The poor infrastructure is more of an issue for proposed housing construction as the majority of the network is a fair whack of years old now, and as above has a knock on effect on pressure and flow, which in some cases means you can't actually build additional houses in some areas because the network cannot cope.
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http://clublet.com/house?page=MarkMcGowan
page all about the rubbish he's done..and some contact details on there too by the looks of it.
He is an idiot.
page all about the rubbish he's done..and some contact details on there too by the looks of it.
He is an idiot.
As long as he pays for it then let him leave his 6 taps on for a year! The only reason the water companies want him to stop is because it's more publicity about their shocking system. I bet more water is wasted out of pipes with holes in, in the south-east of England in a minute than will be used by the 6 taps in the year.
Is this the same "artist" who went around London last year keying random cars up? If it is indeed him, then I saw an interview with him on TV at the time, and he said that the cars' owners should feel honoured, as their keyed vehicles were now works of art. I remember that the reporter was dumbstruck after that comment, and I was positively fuming. 
at the bottom of that page, it publishes his email addy:
[email protected]
[email protected]