Why would I include the cost of educating a child in a thread about water?
There is a finite supply of resources, and there's also intelligent and effective ways of addressing and solving problems.
I'm pretty sure that I read that something like 80% of California's water usage is agriculture. So wouldn't it make a lot more sense to put a magnifying glass on that?
If you care about our finite resources then it would make the most sense to attack the largest problem---not the thing that's taking up .8% of the problem.
California is run by idiots...
Of the 2014 voter-approved water bond, $2.7 billion for new water storage projects still unused
https://californiaglobe.com/section...eaten-hydro-power-agriculture-drinking-water/
In 2014, California voters approved $7.12 billion in bonds for state water supply infrastructure projects. Of that, $2.7 billion was designated for water storage projects. But nearly 8 years later, there are no new dams or reservoirs, or other water storage projects to collect and store California’s winter runoff. And California is in yet another drought.
As California Rep. Tom McClintock has said for years, “Droughts are naturally occurring, water shortages are man-made.” He also has warned for many years, “We live in one of the most water-rich regions of the country – yet we have not built a major reservoir in this state since 1979. Meanwhile, the population has nearly doubled. The sad, simple fact is that we will NEVER solve our water problems until we start building new dams once again.”
Sen. Nielsen, who is also a farmer and rancher, on Friday denounced the shutdown of the Hyatt Power Plant at Oroville Dam. And California’s other reservoirs are also dangerously draining.
“Governor Newsom and the Democrats running this state should be ashamed,” Nielsen said. “Rather than planning for the future, they kowtowed to environmental special interest groups and stalled the construction of Sites Reservoir.”
Only two years ago, every reservoir in the state was brimming with enough water to last a minimum of five dry years without another drop of rain. Shasta and Oroville reservoirs/dams held enough water to meet the needs of 80 million people for a year.
Doesn't matter that the projects were voter approved. Activists have stopped progress now for over 6 years. Stop pandering to this minority of assholes...
Yes, Cali... Keep voting for these spineless Democrat dipshits who no have solutions for anything... just excuses.
The water and power shortages are caused by the negligence of these clowns
Didnt mad max start like this
I'm not ra ra on climate change but your absoloutly right . It's not 1 singular mismanagement and it's a variety of things and unfortunately 1 of them is places on earth go through droughts and become inhabital to an extent . It's just reality.Yeah, because Climate change isn't going anywhere and is directly tied to droughts and other conditions that will fuck up water supplies in the future. We've seen this in other parts of the world already.
The typical 'derp derp lol Ok, Greta' response doesn't change the facts.
It is not "solely" on government mismanagement. That's always part of it. But there are multiple factors.
Great post, thank you for providing the info! What an interesting turn of events that is.
Yeah, because Climate change isn't going anywhere and is directly tied to droughts and other conditions that will fuck up water supplies in the future. We've seen this in other parts of the world already.
The typical 'derp derp lol Ok, Greta' response doesn't change the facts.
It is not "solely" on government mismanagement. That's always part of it. But there are multiple factors.
Yes, @Farmer Br0wn is being completely disingenuous and just parroting incorrect right wing talking points.
For one, the major rivers in southern California do not even empty directly into the Pacific Ocean, but into the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary... which is the main source of water for hundreds of thousands and nearly the entire San Joaquin County farming industry. Additionally, it is the most productive estuary in the state in regards to both commercial and recreational fishing. Taking radical steps to stop the flow of fresh water into the estuary would just ruin the fishing industry. It's not about just "protecting the migratory patterns of fish", but literally the entire fishing and farming industry in the area.
It also ignores the vital function of a Delta, which is keeping salt water from seeping into inland fresh water, ruining it for both drinking and irrigation.
This is a legitimate question, and forgive me if I'm being ignorant - I live in the middle of the country. If this water shortage isn't entirely the fault of mismanagement, then why don't other states have water shortages? You would expect to see multiple states with water shortages if global warming was a main cause, no?
Or am I missing something?
i did and had my mom do the same. i dont think it will matter and the election will be rigged because of the mail in ballot schemeRemember to vote 'Yes' on the recall and Larry Elder as the next governor
Yep. It blows my mind how laughably oversimplified their arguments are. "This is ALL because of one finger length fish!1!1!". Completely ignoring all of the other reasons why actually having rivers flowing with water is important economically.
In your opinion, what is the current situation looking like california. How do you see the state’s fate going?I said on this very forum years ago, California has to start capturing all the fresh water that they let just run out into the ocean, or face dire consequences.
Environmentalists on this forum who live in California flatly refused to even consider such a notion because it may interrupt the yearly patterns of migratory fish.
Caring more about a fishes comings and goings over the potential of a man, woman, or child going thirsty is the height of inhumanity.
Me too brother but I really want to believe in a change...i did and had my mom do the same. i dont think it will matter and the election will be rigged because of the mail in ballot scheme
The illegals aren't the ones abusing water usage. That's on us: legal American citizens. We're rapacious wasters.Hmm, I wonder if there would have been "enough water" if you took 2 million illegals out of the equation?
I'm sure a thought like foreigners using up resources is too complex or "politically incorrect" for Newsome to ponder.
The illegals aren't the ones abusing water usage. That's on us: legal American citizens. We're rapacious wasters.
Additionally, agriculture consumes more than private citizens. Water is big business.
i did and had my mom do the same. i dont think it will matter and the election will be rigged because of the mail in ballot scheme