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Yes I did, only I mistitled it. It should have been titled "proof Americans are the stupidest people on earth, read this thread for irrefutable evidence".
Whoever came up with the idea to grow the nation's food in a desert was a moron. Pure and simple. And why do these people have grass? People in places like Vegas should be banned from having lawns and golf courses. You don't have any water so why the hell would you need a lawn that needs to be watered? Makes no sense whatsoever!
Texas and Oklahoma had also been in drought conditions for the past 5 years. Rains like the two states are currently experiencing are extremely rare. Sure those states may see a short lived toad-floater a time or two during any given year, but since the ground is usually hard because of the droughts the rainfall runs off, into creeks, rivers and lakes, instead of sinking in.
Why spend hundreds of billions on a pipeline that most often would only carry dust? Instead, California should start spending a few million on desalination plants.
I just glanced over the latest posts in this thread and closed minds seem to be in abundance here. Here's some things I can imagine...water trucks, personal water tanks, treatment plants with ability to pump water from flood swollen rivers, ...
I just glanced over the latest posts in this thread and closed minds seem to be in abundance here. Here's some things I can imagine...water trucks, personal water tanks, treatment plants with ability to pump water from flood swollen rivers, ...
How long do you think swollen rivers last? And where there's flooding like Texas has right now, it is NOT safe to bring in a vehicle of any kind to pump anything! Oh and flood waters are notoriously filled with harmful things many of which aren't filtered out. Raw sewage? Yum! Remember the nightmare flooding in New Orleans after Katrina and Rita? NONE of that water was potable. It was filled with sewage and bacteria.....and dead bodies.
Then there's the exorbitant cost of transporting water in pump trucks. Who's going to pay for that?
Texas and Oklahoma are suffering floods and California is suffering drought. Both of these conditions could be mitigated by the proper infrastructure to manage the nations water supply.
Private industry has no problems building pipelines to transport oil and gas across entire cotenants, but our Federal government cannot build a water grid that would benefit the country in immeasurable ways.
Water is the most basic and most necessary element to facilitate development and industry. A national water grid could be an asset that would pay dividends going forward and increase prosperity.
It could also be accomplished with a fraction of what we spend in foreign wars making enemies worldwide.
No thanks. I'd rather not see the Great Lakes emptied just so that people can try to live where nature tells them they shouldn't.
If people really want to live in the desert that much, they should pony up the dough LOCALLY to build desalination plants.
" is NOT safe to bring in a vehicle of any kind to pump anything! "
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. Um ...I wasn't exactly envisioning a pick-up pulling up to the river with a garden hose.
Firefighter's can't bring in their trucks into the flooded areas. In many areas, the roads and bridges are GONE. So again how do you get a vehicle into a flooded area???
Whoever came up with the idea to grow the nation's food in a desert was a moron. Pure and simple. And why do these people have grass? People in places like Vegas should be banned from having lawns and golf courses. You don't have any water so why the hell would you need a lawn that needs to be watered? Makes no sense whatsoever!
Exactly where did you get your degree in agriculture? California's farmland is the most productive in the country, by far. You see, water is only one factor in growing crops, but you will always have simpletons who have big opinions and small minds.
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Texas has also been in a drought the last 5-6 years and our lakes are just now starting to fill. Most of our West TX area are still in severe drought. We also have rules to share with Mexico and to let a certain amount flow into the Gulf.
The state of TX owns most of the water and I'm sure we'd be willing to sell whatever we have extra.
We will never have extra. You think California would ever send excess to another state ?
States like CA better start building desalination plants.
Although I can agree with at least anticipating cyclical needs and building to respond to them, any state that borders an ocean or other large body of water would only benefit from those plants.
The infrastructure build up is needed, and would do wonders to build up the nation and economy if we could bring ourselves to invest in our country.
In the end, I also agree with others that say we need to stop building in fllood plains. Mother Nature has and will always win that game.
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