From: rsw@therandymon.com   
      
   On 2019-06-23, JAB  wrote:   
   > Scientists have discovered a sea of fresh water under the ocean   
   >   
   > Thousands of years ago, glaciers covered much of the planet. Oceans   
   > receded as water froze in massive sheets of ice blanketing the North   
   > American continent. As the ice age ended, glaciers melted. Massive   
   > river deltas flowed out across the continental shelf. The oceans rose,   
   > and fresh water was trapped in sediments below the waves. Discovered   
   > while drilling for oil offshore in the 1970s, scientists thought these   
   > “isolated” pockets of fresh water were a curiosity. They may   
   > instead prove to be a parched world’s newest source of fresh water.   
      
   Sweet!  Now we don't have to make major changes in our lifestyle   
   choices, like conserving or reducing our rampant, consumption-based   
   existence!   
      
   I think I'll go drink something out of a plastic bottle, just to   
   celebrate.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)