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Time for Army Corps of Engineers to investigate moving water West?

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Re: Time for Army Corps of Engineers to investigate moving water West?

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Post by s5300 »

kickout wrote: post #9
ramraj07 wrote: post #7

This seems like the correct thing to do. There was at one point in time a more popular push in India to “connect all the rivers”. I was too young to fully understand what that meant, and also it’s not always easy to know whether something that’s proposed is truly feasible. But infrastructure to move water around your country especially when a large chunk is a desert makes perfect sense. I originally imagined this wou…

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California being the 5th largest world GDP if it were its own country, I think it may come out on top pretty easily. Also the home of things we bomb the shit out of people with…

Re: Time for Army Corps of Engineers to investigate moving water West?

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Post by kickout »

s5300 wrote: post #11
kickout wrote: post #9

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California being the 5th largest world GDP if it were its own country, I think it may come out on top pretty easily. Also the home of things we bomb the shit out of people with…

You think CA would still be 5th in GDP without reliable water?

Unless desalination becomes more efficient, CA is thirsty.

Re: Time for Army Corps of Engineers to investigate moving water West?

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Post by bcrosby95 »

We can do without the water. If the country could do without the crops.

As a Californian, I don't mind. But I have ran across some people who simultaneously think we need to keep growing, but, refuse to consider the idea of helping us with our water problem.

It isn't a California problem. One way or another, it's a USA problem. Food or water. Pick your poison.

Re: Time for Army Corps of Engineers to investigate moving water West?

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Post by ramraj07 »

kickout wrote: post #9
ramraj07 wrote: post #7

This seems like the correct thing to do. There was at one point in time a more popular push in India to “connect all the rivers”. I was too young to fully understand what that meant, and also it’s not always easy to know whether something that’s proposed is truly feasible. But infrastructure to move water around your country especially when a large chunk is a desert makes perfect sense. I originally imagined this wou…

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What exactly is greedy about ”westerners” than those in the east?

People just set their homes wherever they felt convenient assuming their taxes would get them the water they need. Sounds like you’re just bringing in prejudiced politics into a discussion about getting water to everyone in your country. Also, inconsistent? Pretty sure the biggest water guzzlers everywhere, the farmers vote republican.

Re: Time for Army Corps of Engineers to investigate moving water West?

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Post by stmfreak »

kickout wrote: post #5

Please stay away from our water. I want no part in helping California become more unsustainable. ETA: to westerners- You have enough water to maintain first class lifestyles. Allocate/ration it better or cap population. Stop stealing from others.

Agreed. I’m in California and it is pretty obvious our water problems are due to outflows exceeding inflows. They are draining the reservoirs faster than ever. They were full three years ago and are supposed to last five to seven years of drought, by design.

Meanwhile, natural reservoirs like Tahoe do not even recognize there in a drought.

Re: Time for Army Corps of Engineers to investigate moving water West?

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Post by brightball »

ramraj07 wrote: post #7

This seems like the correct thing to do. There was at one point in time a more popular push in India to “connect all the rivers”. I was too young to fully understand what that meant, and also it’s not always easy to know whether something that’s proposed is truly feasible. But infrastructure to move water around your country especially when a large chunk is a desert makes perfect sense. I originally imagined this wou…

This seems reasonable to me. 5% of the water that’s just going into the gulf otherwise seems perfectly reasonable.

On the other hand, the engineering to elevate that much water will be interesting.

Re: Time for Army Corps of Engineers to investigate moving water West?

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Post by kickout »

bcrosby95 wrote: post #14

We can do without the water. If the country could do without the crops. As a Californian, I don't mind. But I have ran across some people who simultaneously think we need to keep growing, but, refuse to consider the idea of helping us with our water problem. It isn't a California problem. One way or another, it's a USA problem. Food or water. Pick your poison.

We can grow that food in others places that get rainfall. If they won’t grow, we can and should breed them so they do grow.
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