Re: 80% of California is now in extreme drought
Author: Dave Smith
Date: 07-19-2014 - 08:42
Steve Thompson Wrote:
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> I'm an Oregonian and we're mostly in the same
> state as Cal, as far as drought. Even if we
> weren't, this is not the place to steal water
> from. We haven't built huge, water wasting cities
> in the desert and stolen water from many sources
> while ignoring the population build up in places
> never meant to support large populations. We have
> enough problems with too little water, so don't
> look north for your drinks!
>
> De-salinate or De-populate
>
> Steve
Bingo!
California's current population/growth is and has been unsustainable for decades now, and part of the problem is the fact that they're trying to undo the laws of nature in the process in order to keep the political perks implicit in such a large population base.
It's one thing to divert water for projects in which the waste water flows back into the watershed from whence it came, it's another when water is diverted from it's natural watershed never to return.