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Lake Mead hits historic low water level as Colorado River struggles

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Re: Lake Mead hits historic low water level as Colorado River struggles

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Post by apothegm » Sun, Aug 09, 2026, 5:23 PM UTC

stvltvs wrote: post #10

apothegm wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

“Crop grass” sure sounds like “alfalfa”.

Maybe I'm thinking too literally, but alfalfa isn't grass. It's a legume.

My mind went to alfalfa because lawn grass isn’t a crop. And I for one didn’t know alfalfa isn’t a grass. I suspect its being a legume is not common knowledge.

Re: Lake Mead hits historic low water level as Colorado River struggles

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Post by rho138 » Mon, Aug 10, 2026, 10:23 AM UTC

stvltvs wrote: post #6

rho138 wrote: post #2

But muh capitalism and growing crop grass in the fucking desert!

Over half of Colorado River water goes to agriculture, about half of that irrigates alfalfa for animal feed. It's not clear if that's what you meant by capitalism, but lawns are a very small portion of what the water is used for. https://watereducationcolorado.org/fresh-water-news/most-com...

Lived on the front range for a decade, the alfalfa is obvi the problem. Capitalism drives the need for alfalfa.

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