Clouded out last night, so no astronomy! :embarassed:

However, had to go to a little village in Oxon this morning for work and saw a red legged partridge and 33 (yes, you read right! 33!) red kites! Remarkable birds. One was gliding not more than 10ft above the car. Truely awesome and quite massive. Glad to see they are spreading across country.

Onto today's subject, water...

Water is a basic necessity of life, right? It is illegal to charge anyone for tap water in this country although water companies are allowed to charge for piping it your home/work place etc. Should water companies be in private hands then? Should shareholders be allowed to profit from a basic necessity of life?

With the continual threat of global warming and the constant need of man to lock water away in metal pipes (think how much water in in the coolant of your car!) water is becoming more and more precious. Will we see a day when it becomes more precious than gold and only the rich can afford it?!?