So says the gal against mass transit, regulation of industry (including agriculture), sound science, sound actions to reduce human impacts, and well, anything that makes sense.
After all the poor governance that she has continually pointed out, It appears that Ms. Benson is (still) actually living in CA, and has not moved to Texas, or Kansas, or (place name of any forward-looking, conservative-ruled, heaven-on-earth red state here). One has to wonder why.
Developers in New Mexico want to create a 35,000 home community west of Albuquerque during one of the worst droughts in the state’s history. Nobody has explained from where the water to support the community & infrastructure will magically appear.
Ummm, actually the swimming pools are only a very small fraction of the water so used in California. Some 85% to 90% of the water used in California goes to its vast agri-businesses. I certainly do not object to that, as it helps to keep the food costs down for the entire country, not just California. So, if such agri-businesses can save even 5% of their total water use, it would equal at least some 33% of water saved by the other sections of our economy. And at this time the only immediate solution itself is to at least indeed, conserve water, and pray for more rain!
Longer term solutions would come from using pipelines (such as those already manufatured to ship the Canadian gunk to Texas for China) to ship the enourmous amounts of water deposited in the East (with such harsh winter as that they have just had) to the South Western USA, including California. In turn the East coast could still enjoy the relatively low prices of the South Western vast agri-businesses. Heck, there could even be NO environmental objections (unlike the recent Keystone Project) to doing this, as even any leaks would only go to help such important water sources as the Mid Western aqufiers!!
However, in the longer run, the only real solution is to build salt water desalination plants along the very long coast line of the far Western states, such as California. After all, we do have the largest source of water on the Earth in the Pacific Ocean all along the Western Coastline. This is one of the kinds of solutions to Rapid Global Climate Change (whether casued by natural or man-made actions) that is the kind of thing that is going ot have to be done to ameliorate the affects of such changes!!
Not sure what Lisa is advocating here — government intervention???-Does this mean that she does not deny climate change? Darn RINO.-If we are going to have government intervention, why not build some desalinaztion plants?
Of course, it is true, but such are grown even more in the central valley of California, and in the plains of such areas as Ventura County. However, it all takes water regardless!!
Climate change is not causing drought in the southwest. Drought conditions is the normal climate. There is not enough rainfall to support the vast population, and that has been true for 150 years at least. Innovation and industry has kept up with demand, but for how long?
Dtroutma about 9 years ago
So says the gal against mass transit, regulation of industry (including agriculture), sound science, sound actions to reduce human impacts, and well, anything that makes sense.
6.6TA about 9 years ago
After all the poor governance that she has continually pointed out, It appears that Ms. Benson is (still) actually living in CA, and has not moved to Texas, or Kansas, or (place name of any forward-looking, conservative-ruled, heaven-on-earth red state here). One has to wonder why.
louieglutz about 9 years ago
sorry, we have our own drought up here.
dzw3030 about 9 years ago
Developers in New Mexico want to create a 35,000 home community west of Albuquerque during one of the worst droughts in the state’s history. Nobody has explained from where the water to support the community & infrastructure will magically appear.
frodo1008 about 9 years ago
Ummm, actually the swimming pools are only a very small fraction of the water so used in California. Some 85% to 90% of the water used in California goes to its vast agri-businesses. I certainly do not object to that, as it helps to keep the food costs down for the entire country, not just California. So, if such agri-businesses can save even 5% of their total water use, it would equal at least some 33% of water saved by the other sections of our economy. And at this time the only immediate solution itself is to at least indeed, conserve water, and pray for more rain!
Longer term solutions would come from using pipelines (such as those already manufatured to ship the Canadian gunk to Texas for China) to ship the enourmous amounts of water deposited in the East (with such harsh winter as that they have just had) to the South Western USA, including California. In turn the East coast could still enjoy the relatively low prices of the South Western vast agri-businesses. Heck, there could even be NO environmental objections (unlike the recent Keystone Project) to doing this, as even any leaks would only go to help such important water sources as the Mid Western aqufiers!!
However, in the longer run, the only real solution is to build salt water desalination plants along the very long coast line of the far Western states, such as California. After all, we do have the largest source of water on the Earth in the Pacific Ocean all along the Western Coastline. This is one of the kinds of solutions to Rapid Global Climate Change (whether casued by natural or man-made actions) that is the kind of thing that is going ot have to be done to ameliorate the affects of such changes!!
braindead Premium Member about 9 years ago
Not sure what Lisa is advocating here — government intervention???-Does this mean that she does not deny climate change? Darn RINO.-If we are going to have government intervention, why not build some desalinaztion plants?
frodo1008 about 9 years ago
Of course, it is true, but such are grown even more in the central valley of California, and in the plains of such areas as Ventura County. However, it all takes water regardless!!
Squirrelchaser about 9 years ago
Climate change is not causing drought in the southwest. Drought conditions is the normal climate. There is not enough rainfall to support the vast population, and that has been true for 150 years at least. Innovation and industry has kept up with demand, but for how long?