Fears of ‘dead pool’ on Colorado River as drought threatens Hoover Dam water

Post by hutzlibu » Sun, Dec 18, 2022, 10:58 PM UTC

TEP_Kim_Il_Sung wrote: post #147

cowthulhu wrote: post #144

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Language evolves, otherwise we’d all be talking like Shakespeare. Am I getting trolled?

Language evolves, but whenever people misunderstand each other by using the same word differently, it is perfectly fine to defer to the original meaning to avoid confusion. Especially, when no agreement is reached otherwise; Same applies to literally every other dispute, like marriage, property, labour, music, etc. Whomsoever originally wrote/performed the music, gets to name the song and tag their name to it. Whomev…

Post by insane_dreamer » Mon, Dec 19, 2022, 5:01 PM UTC

StanislavPetrov wrote: post #104

jahewson wrote: post #97

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I'm struggling to believe that it's a "a huge portion" given that Saudi Arabia has less than 1/10th the population of the US. Still, the story you link to is an amazing self-own on the part of Arizona.

>So far, four California water districts have proposed to reduce water use by up to 400,000 acre-feet per year. That would amount to about 9% of the state’s total water allotment from the river through 2026. Even a 10% reduction in use due to Saudi exports would be higher than the current goal. It is considered a national security risk to export encryption to foreign countries, but it isn't a national security risk t…