This lake in India is straight out of a horror movie

[Dexter]

http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-advice/this-lake-in-india-is-straight-out-of-a-horror-movie/story-e6frfqg0-1227562086054

At first glance this photo may appear to show snow covering a mountain. But the reality of what’s going on here is horrifying. This is actually an incredibly rare and very unnatural phenomenon. It’s a lake in India that’s so toxic that it froths over and even bursts into flames. It’s a scene straight out of a horror movie. Located in the bustling hi-tech hub of Bangalore, the 36 kilometre Bellandur Lake is the largest — and most polluted — one in the city. The foam is a result of the toxic water which contains a high content of ammonia and phosphate and very low dissolved oxygen. This has been put down to decades worth of untreated chemical waste being pumped into it.

[mountaineer]

Nasty!

[Oceander]

shades of some parts of the US back in the 1970s.  At least one river caught fire back then.

[Sanguine]

shades of some parts of the US back in the 1970s.  At least one river caught fire back then.

Oh, come on, it wasn't even remotely similar. 

[Oceander]

Cuyahoga River in 1969:

oil-soaked debris floating in the river caught fire.

[Sanguine]

Cuyahoga River in 1969:

oil-soaked debris floating in the river caught fire.

I stand corrected.  I've never been in Ohio and could not have imagined something like that in the midwest.

[Oceander]

I stand corrected.  I've never been in Ohio and could not have imagined something like that in the midwest.

Things got pretty bad in the 1970s.  The eco-freaks of today have gone way, way too far, but there was a real need for the basic environmental laws that were passed in the 70s.

[musiclady]

I stand corrected.  I've never been in Ohio and could not have imagined something like that in the midwest.

It's our claim to fame, Sanguine.  ^-^

(But it wasn't anything like India here in Ohio, even at the industrial pollution's worst moments).

I've been to India and this doesn't surprise me a bit.

Every river and lake stinks.  People use the rivers as latrines, laundries and bath tubs, and occasionally as funeral homes.

For me, being there illustrated the highly flawed argument that 'all religions are the same.'   Hinduism is a filthy, nasty religion and creates the kind of garbage happening there.

[EC]

Yep. Lake Erie was dead. Completely. Now it has fish in it, though you'd not want to eat them.

[musiclady]

Yep. Lake Erie was dead. Completely. Now it has fish in it, though you'd not want to eat them.

Still not a good idea to swim in it either................. though I've done it many a time.

The Mahoning River (in Mahoning County where I was born) had the hottest annual temperature of any river in the world at the same time the Cuyahoga caught fire.  The steel industry unfettered was a filthy business, and I'm glad they cracked down on it.

[massadvj]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPmjTG8NLuw

[Paladin]

Yep. Lake Erie was dead. Completely. Now it has fish in it, though you'd not want to eat them.

You especially want to avoid the ones which glow in the dark.

[musiclady]

You especially want to avoid the ones which glow in the dark.

And never order Perch Flambe.   

[Dexter]

For me, being there illustrated the highly flawed argument that 'all religions are the same.'   Hinduism is a filthy, nasty religion and creates the kind of garbage happening there.

You think the filth is a product of their religion? It seems more likely to me that it has to do with extreme poverty and overpopulation.

[Sanguine]

You think the filth is a product of their religion? It seems more likely to me that it has to do with extreme poverty and overpopulation.

And, the poverty and overpopulation is an outgrowth of the culture/religion of the area. 

[musiclady]

You think the filth is a product of their religion? It seems more likely to me that it has to do with extreme poverty and overpopulation.

Yes, it is.  And no, it isn't.

[EC]

M'lady, I beg to differ.

Yes it is and yes it is.

[Dexter]

And, the poverty and overpopulation is an outgrowth of the culture/religion of the area.

Can you walk me through how their religion is causing poverty and overpopulation?

[Dexter]

Yes, it is.  And no, it isn't.

Can you elaborate?

[Sanguine]

It's our claim to fame, Sanguine.  ^-^

(But it wasn't anything like India here in Ohio, even at the industrial pollution's worst moments).

I've been to India and this doesn't surprise me a bit.

Every river and lake stinks.  People use the rivers as latrines, laundries and bath tubs, and occasionally as funeral homes.

For me, being there illustrated the highly flawed argument that 'all religions are the same.'   Hinduism is a filthy, nasty religion and creates the kind of garbage happening there.

I admit my Ohio ignorance, but I have lived here, many years ago:  http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,182552.0/topicseen.html

Pollution and filth of another kind. 

[Sanguine]

Can you walk me through how their religion is causing poverty and overpopulation?

I said religion/culture.  Sometimes the two are impossible to separate and one engenders the other.

It will take a while.  If I get a block of time this weekend, I'll write on it.

[musiclady]

M'lady, I beg to differ.

Yes it is and yes it is.

I get your point, but the poverty and overpopulation is a direct result of the religion, ergo my "no it isn't" response.

[musiclady]

I admit my Ohio ignorance, but I have lived here, many years ago:  http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,182552.0/topicseen.html

Pollution and filth of another kind.

Indeed.

Fortunately for us, Ohio's pollution problem has lessened.

But yours clearly has not.....

[Dexter]

I get your point, but the poverty and overpopulation is a direct result of the religion, ergo my "no it isn't" response.

How is their religion directly responsible for their poverty and overpopulation?

[Fishrrman]

musiclady wrote above:
[[ The steel industry unfettered was a filthy business, and I'm glad they cracked down on it. ]]

Your point is well-taken, but...

... this is pretty much why there ain't all that much of a "steel industry" -in- the USA any more...