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Do you want to back this up with facts or links? I have one question: How much do you think it would cost to desalinate water and pipe it in from the Pacific?
How much? I don't know. But, the technology is there - and for links / facts - check out the Southern Nevada Water Authority -
It's all a matter of economics. When the price of water gets too high, enough people will migrate to more hospitable locales to reduce the demand, thus the price, and a sustainable population will be left.
This link describes the problem with our water supply. Just because you see water, does not mean it is suitable. Also, desalinization of water is extremely expensive. That is why it is seldom done except in very wealthy countries such as Arabia.
A) Arizona is part of the Southwest. We have no shortage.
B) Las Vegas will continue to grow - and will supplement its water supply from a very abundant amount of water in Northern Nevada. Also, So. Nevada will be participating in the development of pipeline from the Pacific Ocean - and he desalination project - which will also help southern California.
C) So. Cal has been through this before. It is not all "doom and gloom" as you try to portray.
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the new dust bowl is coming !!!!!but this one won't be repaired like the one in the 1930's the south west is going to shrivel and wither away to a fraction of its fomer self..
Wow. You really don't think on a global scale there's a shortage of potable drinking water? I would recommend you check out an environmental science book or two.
The only reason the Southwest isn't drying up because water flows to money. Infrastructures keep taking it from further and further places.
Thank God the Great Lakes governments in the U.S. and Canada signed a pact to ensure that the lakes - holding 95% of North America's surface freshwater -would not be pipelined to the Southwest.
They saw the writing on the wall on that one. Incredible how arrogant humans are to think they can live in the desert in the same way they live in New England.
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