Global Warming in the West

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Originally Posted by dman72

This is pretty much the truth. Everyone in the US can switch to driving a Prius and the amount of emissions reduced will just be made up by China and India in a year or two.

I think that is why places like Netherland are already putting more funding into projects that are preparing for the effects of climate change, than stopping climate change.
http://blogs.worldwatch.org/sustaina...limate-change/

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Originally Posted by Dbones

The western US is a desert and it is made green and wet artificially. GW has absolutely ZERO to do with anything.

Many people say Global Warming, the heating of global temps. has nothing to do with the drought in the west. I'm not saying I agree or disagree, but climate change, aka, weather over time, has shown less snow fall and rain in places over time. The entire western US in not a desert. "Deserts generally receive less than 250*mm (10*in) of precipitation each year. Semideserts are regions which receive between 250 and 500*mm (10 and 20*in) and when clad in grass, these are known as steppes." We aren't taking about vineyards and front yards.

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Originally Posted by sammy87

Part of the reason Mead is so low is not due to snowpack, its due to consumption. IDK maybe its just me put it seems pretty stupid to have massive population centers PHX, Vegas and LA in the desert. Also seems stupid to subsidize the largest agriculture sector in a desert (San Jaquan Valley). Its amazing when you see it. A desert where nothing other than sage and tumbleweeds should thrive but the landscape is dominated by peaches, oranges, almonds etc.....Too many drinking from the faucet.

Yes, I agree. But thinking leads me to another question. When all this water is pumped into yards and evaporates, should it not be rain for some other western town somewhere down wind? This could be wrong if it is just altogether to dry. I hear from people that have visited Vegas forty years ago and just recently say that the heat is worse because the humidity is so high.