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I highly doubt this will solve anything... a 25% reduction when we've only got a year's supply of water left? wtf is that going to solve? stop the geo-engineering and chem sprays and the rain returns... invest in desalination plants in the meantime.
the bolded is somewhat of an understatement
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/201...ts-record-lows
ya... i mean Governor Brown purposely held his press conference in an area that would normally be covered in snow, yet it was dried / brown grass instead... I don't think relying on our snow coverage is a smart idea.
everyone should check out this site. I had some guy I thought was a crazy come up to me while I was filling up gas, I'm not sure how much of it is true, but if you've seen the chem trails all over CA, it makes you wonder...
http://www.geoengineeringwatch.org/
it's not hard to fathom that something of this magnitude could be whats ruining our rainfall.
exerpt from one site:
In an attempt to reduce greenhouse gases, and reflect the sun's light, these globalists utilize geoengineering to control the skies. Geoengineering, or the worldwide manipulation of atmospheric gases, sunlight, rainfall and temperature, has been introduced and implemented as a means to control climate and weather. These "heroic" efforts to save the planet from rising temperatures are far from intelligent. Studies now reveal that many unintended consequences come from geoengineering, including mini-droughts, reduced monsoonal rainfall across several continents and depleted ozone levels.
instead of trying to do something about lowering CO2 emissions, which we should've been doing anyway..., we may have sent the entire pacific northwest into a drought...
Last edited by Eaglehorn; 2015-04-02 at 02:56 AM.
The problem with these solutions? They KILL business. Sorry folks but water parks, even theme parks that utilize some water (Disneyland), and golf courses are huge moneymakers pretty much wherever they are built, and moreso if they are built near the wealthy (which they usually are). Also, by eliminating laws, you eliminate the need for yard maintenance jobs (not all of which are illegals). The same is true for pools, get rid of pools? You get rid of thousands of businesses which make their money building, repairing and servicing them.
California has one simple thing that is increasing its water usage: a growing population. California's population has grown by millions over the last two decades. That alone is going to increase water consumption far and beyond what a couple new golf courses or water parks will.
Realistically, California can restrict water usage to nothing more than enough for a person to drink and survive, scrub your dishes with dirt! Take baths in patchouli oil! The only solution for California is to crack that whip on developing desal, the fact that California has survived this long without is is amazing. Not to mention the good it will do for the environment to reduce usage of groundwater.
Human progress isn't measured by industry. It's measured by the value you place on a life.
Just, be kind.
2014 Gamergate: "If you want games without hyper sexualized female characters and representation, then learn to code!"
2023: "What's with all these massively successful games with ugly (realistic) women? How could this have happened?!"
Please. Americans waste so much fucking water each year. The average person uses 2-4 gallons of water in the shower PER MINUTE. Older toilets can use 3 to 7 gallons of water PER FLUSH. I'm pretty sure there's a comfortable middle ground that can be reached before we have to "scrub dishes with dirt" and "take baths in patchouli oil".
Yep, it's mainly about (over)population and agriculture. CA still has massive amounts of water even in a drought. This is not an environmental disaster, it's about economics. But the media has alarmed all of these people who have very little knowledge of the actual water system in California.
Last edited by Sledfang; 2015-04-02 at 03:09 AM.
California IS in a drought, and the drought is serious. Yes, if everyone stopped using even a single drop of water for a day, California would still have lots of water. By and large yes it is incredibly poor water management and that stems from this ridiculous idea that 1: you can privately own water resources and 2: that fresh water resources are the only place we can get fresh water from.
Exactly my point, shutting down water parks and golf courses and personal lawns does NOTHING about the water wasted in the home, which as my post points out, one of the major reasons water use goes up is not more green lawns and water parks and golf courses, but more people.
Human progress isn't measured by industry. It's measured by the value you place on a life.
Just, be kind.
2014 Gamergate: "If you want games without hyper sexualized female characters and representation, then learn to code!"
2023: "What's with all these massively successful games with ugly (realistic) women? How could this have happened?!"
Yeah, but if you have no evidence from thousands of years ago, why make such a claim of "such and such etc etc thousands of years"?
Not supporting that climate change is a farce, i am simply saying that you probably shouldn't make such a claim when there is clearly no hard evidence to back it and use the fact that there is clearly no evidence as some sort of pass.
Anyways, I personally just think that people cannot live is arid dry locations and simply expect to use water like we have been. Plus we all know that California is not exactly the beacon of conservation for this country. And even now (according to OP) some areas are actually increasing water use. It's really stupid
Last edited by Rhine101; 2015-04-02 at 03:32 AM.
2014 Gamergate: "If you want games without hyper sexualized female characters and representation, then learn to code!"
2023: "What's with all these massively successful games with ugly (realistic) women? How could this have happened?!"