California is not in drought

Post by sambroner » Thu, May 06, 2021, 11:09 PM UTC

yissp wrote: post #4

01100011 wrote: post #2

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mercurynews.com/2014/01/25/... CA climate has been much drier in the past, even before global warming. We seem to have this discussion every few years when there's a drought, but quickly forget. It seems like we do the same thing with wildfires and earthquakes.

During the dry years, the people forgot about the rich years, and when the wet years returned, they lost all memory of the dry years. It was always that way. (East of Eden)

Post by devmunchies » Thu, May 06, 2021, 11:12 PM UTC

Post by WarOnPrivacy » Thu, May 06, 2021, 11:16 PM UTC

bjt wrote: post #11

legitster wrote: post #6

> But we legislated and plumbed this state for a different climate pattern, when annual winter rains reliably fell on Sonoma and points north, and a full Sierra snowpack reliably melted through the spring and summer to feed streams and irrigate orchards and farm fields. That era is long gone. The snowpack comes unpredictably, because a warmer climate means water that formerly stayed in the mountains as snow through t…

> rainfall is the same Compared to the last 1,000 years, yes. Compared to the abnormally wet 1900s-era patterns that established our current expectations, no.

Post by SilverRed » Thu, May 06, 2021, 11:22 PM UTC

WarOnPrivacy wrote: post #13

okareaman wrote: post #7

Desalination of seawater will be the norm in the future and people then will wonder how we ever got by without it

I worked for a desalination company in the 1980s. From then until a few years ago, I would have disagreed with your assertion. Some recent advances have me rethinking that, however. https://singularityhub.com/2019/06/18/inching-towards-abunda...

Post by Cerium » Thu, May 06, 2021, 11:23 PM UTC

chrisco255 wrote: post #15

ummonk wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It has nothing to do with the people. The majority of the water is used for agriculture, which supplies the nation and even the world with water-hungry food.

It's both. Yes a lot of fruits, veggies and nuts are grown in California but the nation's staple crops (corn, wheat, and soy) and livestock are grown in many other states. That is to say, we should be building desalination plants in California. Israel figured out a way to do this economically already. It's high time for CA to follow suit.