Water Crisis in SW States

[tbh]

It's also what the plants crave. So win/win/win.

But does it have 'lectrolytes?

 

[2EastTnVols]

I'm not expecting to grow flowers in a desert
But I can live and breathe
And see the sun in wintertime

What song is this? Its driving me crazy

 

[hog88]

I think agriculture is the largest consumer of water in that region.

And? How does that (if true) negate the fact we have expanded the population in desert cities beyond the water capacity?

 

[hog88]

Come on. It's got to be Brawndo.

They can move north.

 

[85SugarVol]

They can move north.

Further south would be better.

 

[Carl Pickens]

What song is this? Its driving me crazy

 

[Pepe_Silvia]

And? How does that (if true) negate the fact we have expanded the population in desert cities beyond the water capacity?

So have the cities expanded beyond capacity or has agriculture expanded beyond capacity?

 

[hog88]

So have the cities expanded beyond capacity or has agriculture expanded beyond capacity?

It's both but considering CA/AZ produce 90% or more of our vegetables I think the agriculture operations would take greater priority.

 

[DancingOutlaw]

It's both but considering CA/AZ produce 90% or more of our vegetables I think the agriculture operations would take greater priority.

California is one of the largest producers of almonds and pistachios in the world. Each of those trees takes a gallon of water to produce a single nut and they have millions of acres of them. And they ship a lot of them overseas. So they're depleting a river basin that doesn't flow through their state to supply China with nuts. Good use of finite resources. They should have figured out desalination plants ages ago.

 

[PEPPERJAX]

Come on. It's got to be Brawndo.

.

 

[PEPPERJAX]

So you want even more Califorians to move to the east?

I have seen so many California and Nevada plates this year around Knoxville.

 

[GroverCleveland]

I wonder what caused the droughts in the southwest prior to the Industrial Age?

American made Conestoga wagons and things like that. You know, American Pre-Industrial Racism.

I've always asked the question, "What if our civilization had arose right after the Last Glacial Maximum?" Can you imagine the freak-out happening because Minnesota is suddenly not going to be covered in ice a mile thick? Al Gore would be apoplectic.

 

[GroverCleveland]

How about quit expanding cities and populations in the desert?

Don't do that. The idiots will come here in even greater numbers and despoil what we have. Leave their stupid butts in California.

 

[RavinDave]

HTF did I come across this garbage narrative...Climate refugees is the most asinine thing I ever heard. So is the US exempt?

Honduras - Climate

If I ever leave Texas you can call me a climate refugee.

 

[VolStrom]

California is one of the largest producers of almonds and pistachios in the world. Each of those trees takes a gallon of water to produce a single nut and they have millions of acres of them. And they ship a lot of them overseas. So they're depleting a river basin that doesn't flow through their state to supply China with nuts. Good use of finite resources. They should have figured out desalination plants ages ago.

I'm pretty sure I can get through the day without nuts.

 

[McDad]

I'm pretty sure I can get through the day without nuts.

Been doing it your whole life.

 

[PEPPERJAX]

Been doing it your whole life.

He set himself up for that one.

 

[0nelilreb]

Been doing it your whole life.

Ouch lol

 

[82_VOL_83]

California is one of the largest producers of almonds and pistachios in the world. Each of those trees takes a gallon of water to produce a single nut and they have millions of acres of them. And they ship a lot of them overseas. So they're depleting a river basin that doesn't flow through their state to supply China with nuts. Good use of finite resources. They should have figured out desalination plants ages ago.

That would keep levels from rising right!?!?

 

[Vol423]

Climate refugees is the most asinine thing I ever heard.

Consider the source. It's just one amongst a slew of asinine statements.

 

[Vol423]

Build a pipeline from New Orleans to Lake Powell.

LOL. I like this one, but it's actually Lake Mead (although Powell is now a puddle as well).

 

[VolStrom]

LOL. I like this one, but it's actually Lake Mead (although Powell is now a puddle as well).

I've heard that that's what the left coasters want to do, plumb the Mississippi to the wacko left coast to fix their water problem. You know, we need to help them water the desert and all, so their garden doesn't die.

 

[rekinhavoc]

LOL. I like this one, but it's actually Lake Mead (although Powell is now a puddle as well).

As much as they have paid over the years for New Orleans flooding it is probably worth it.

 

[rekinhavoc]

I've heard that that's what the left coasters want to do, plumb the Mississippi to the wacko left coast to fix their water problem. You know, we need to help them water the desert and all, so their garden doesn't die.

California knew they needed reservoirs for their exploding population and did nothing.

 

[tim]

California knew they needed reservoirs for their exploding population and did nothing.

Worse than nothing.