The Drought and Water Use in California

[Oerets]

My heart goes out to those effected. Plenty of blame to go around when there is just not enough. Right! But all would be forgotten once again if it would just rain enough. But the powers that be refuse to see climate change cause and effects with real solutions.

Being a non golfer see the watering of the courses as a wastes of it. Second the wholesale planting of nut trees in a desert after all. Plants that require what is it seven gals water per nut on some. IIRC.

The pumping of the ground water will run out then what gonna happen? Face it you have a great place to live out there. All except it is to popular, to many people! Not enough water. Hell the cost of rent or property haven't slowed down the migration, doubt water shortage will either.


Barney

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

Weren't some of Californias most populated areas desert just less than 100 years ago?

Less than that. Remember the movie "Chinatown"?

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by Boreas

Less than that. Remember the movie "Chinatown"?

Jack Nicholson, yes, of course.

It seems to me that the natural resource had to be channeled to meet demand then and as the population continues to grow..........at what point does it simply become untenable?

Desalination seems to be the only real possibility.

[Rajoo]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

Jack Nicholson, yes, of course.

It seems to me that the natural resource had to be channeled to meet demand then and as the population continues to grow..........at what point does it simply become untenable?

Desalination seems to be the only real possibility.

What do we do for power for desalination? Fossil fuels will exacerbate the very problem (global warming) that has led to this four year drought. Nuclear power is the only other option and probably politically untenable. We need more reservoirs to collect and store rain water and nothing is being done in this arena either.

[bobabode]

http://www.latimes.com/local/politic...607-story.html

Between a rock and a desert...

[bobabode]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/nation...y.html?hpid=z1

Then you have rich asswipes like this...suck it up and pay the fines, skippy.

[BlueStreak]

This Yuhas jackass is a self-proclaimed conservative. It comes as no surprise to me that someone who subscribes to the mentality that some folks are entitled to pig up the entire nations wealth also think they are entitled to all of its natural resources as well.

And they can't for the life of them figure out why they are so hated.....................

We're just jealous of them for their Pissing Cherub fountains. Yeah, THAT'S what it is.

One of these days, man. One of these days.

[Boreas]

The Central Valley would have a hard time existing without Lake Shasta.

[BlueStreak]

Looks more like "River Shasta".

[djv8ga]

Originally Posted by bobabode

http://www.washingtonpost.com/nation...y.html?hpid=z1

Then you have rich asswipes like this...suck it up and pay the fines, skippy.

WTF? Maybe that one snob should consider creating 4 acres of soil out of that 4 acres of dirt.

Edit: I'm guessing the H.O.A. wouldn't allow that.