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Screw California. Anyone with a brain abandoned that liberal cesspool long ago. When is "The Big One" gonna hit?
There's a lot of conservative thinking here. Nice weather. Vibrant economy. Close to the ocean and San Fran. Most of us just ignore the fringe progressives.
I suppose it depends on your definition. Regardless, the vast majority of the population is based in areas where annual evaporation greatly exceeds annual rainfall. Without irrigation, LA would be nothing but sagebrush scrub and native grasses - Albuquerque by the sea.
That's right. LA would be nothing but sagebrush scrub and native grasses. But not cactus and creosote because those are desert plants.
California (and the rest of the US really) is a bunch of idiots when it comes to water. If they would just slowly raise the prices when the reserves start to decline, use would decrease and we'd be back at equilibrium. I don't know why they can't figure that out.
No, just raise the prices and the stupid forms of agriculture will stop.
In principle I agree with you, but in practice, the entity (be it state or local government) would never reduce the fees when the reservoirs were once again filled. They would simply spend the additional revenue and wait for the next drought so they could raise the rates yet again. Even local governments get greedy.
California (and the rest of the US really) is a bunch of idiots when it comes to water. If they would just slowly raise the prices when the reserves start to decline, use would decrease and we'd be back at equilibrium. I don't know why they can't figure that out.
Not a bad idea, and I also wonder why they don't do it. I'm sure there's a reason, and I'd like to hear it.
In principle I agree with you, but in practice, the entity (be it state or local government) would never reduce the fees when the reservoirs were once again filled. They would simply spend the additional revenue and wait for the next drought so they could raise the rates yet again. Even local governments get greedy.
Government fixing government? That certainly works well.
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