How valuable is rain water?

Question

considering the fact that every cloud has a silver lining?

Answer 1

This is an interesting question since all water is potentially rain water by way of evaporation. It is fun to think about.
Nothing is destroyed . All things are only altered forms of the same things existing previously.

Value is placed on things , water included depending on its uses and its rarity. Rain water in some arid parts of the world become valuable to the extreme because ground water is either not present or not consumable.

When we were children we valued rain water both as a source of water for our baths, our laundry and our fields. Without it we could not have survived on the farm. Well water was for drinking and to valuable for the gardens. In winter we melted snow for cooking and bathing. Snow is essentially rain water.

We, our bodies are made up of largely water . If we did not have the falling rain we would be in danger of becoming extinct.
I think the silver lining is a metaphor, speaking about the survival of the species
There is a whole lot of value in rain water.

Answer 2

Philosophically speaking, this question is a paradox between
rationalism and optimism. The phrase "Every cloud has
a silver lining" is designed to take an optimistic approach
to a situation which seems malicious. However, if
the dissipation of the cloud is considered due to
rainfall then one might suppose that the rain water
is silver and that the cloud continues to have a silver
lining. If the cloud continues to have a silver lining then
rationally speaking it might be logical to conclude that
the entire cloud is silver. If the entire cloud is silver then
how could the situation have been malicious to start
with, which removes the premise for the phrase
"Every cloud has a silver lining" which is to be optimistic
about an undesirable situation.

Therefore, two values arise for the rain water.

The rain water is immensely valuable for removing the
fallacy of the premise that a situation is undesirable when
in fact it is actually desirable.

The rain water has no value if evaluating the phrase
as an optimistic outlook, in fact collapsing the rational
that the situation wasn't already optimistic to start with;
removing the need for the phrase to be conceived at all.

Answer 3

Rain water is an invaluable one. With the ground water levels dwindling and global warming on the rise harvesting rain water is one of the main source to replenish the ground water levels recharge the lakes and ponds which can cater to the drinking and agricultural needs for at least the next six months from monsoon.
So even in concrete jungles where we are forced to live can augment the water resources through this.

Answer 4

The exchange rate works on a principle that depends how much of any one element is available to us.

How much would someone pay for a bottle of water if they were in India during the rainy season? How much more would they pay in a country ruined by drought?

Either way, a silver raindrop might not be safe to drink, so it's all a marketing con anyway!

Answer 5

More valuable than we can ever imagine. The best thing I ever did was to put guttering around the roof, during the rainy season (I live on Réunion Island) I can store up to two thousand litres following two hours torrential rain. Drinking water prices are sky high here so it is always a help if you can use rain water for watering the garden, cleaning the car etc.

Just to the west of Réunion, lies Madagascar, whose population is suffering famine caused by drought. So you see, we're lucky, and we must learn to treat water with respect and wisdom.

Answer 6

Well, if it didnt rain ever again we would be in serious trouble so rain is more valuable than we realise, we just take it for granted..but that okay, cos it will never run out...so theres a silver lining!

Answer 7

If we are able to collect and recycle the whole rain water in a rainy season. We need not depend upon the piped water supply for at least next three years. Absolutely no water scarcity, around the world.

Answer 8

well, we may talk about water as a necessity for survival of all carbon based life forms...but I don't think you are after the third grade lifecycle of water lessons...
did it ever occur to you, that the person who came up with the saying about the silver lining was probably an owner of a water company?
just look at your monthly bill and you will see that even water has its sticker price...:)

Answer 9

Rain water is the gift of life

Answer 10

Not every cloud has a silver lining, only the dark clouds. The white clouds have a white lining and they are much more common - so smile, smile, smile.*
* copyright 1915 http://www.archive.org/details/EdwardHamiltonReinaldWerrenrath