1. Massive emigration out of the state, just to reduce its water usage.
2. Switch to drought-resistant agriculture.
The more longer term solution is massive-scale seawater desalinization, especially with safer forms of nuclear power to provide the electricity to do such large-scale desalinization.
Like moving the agriculture to an area of the country which isn't in a desert?
The more longer term solution is massive-scale seawater desalinization, especially with safer forms of nuclear power to provide the electricity to do such large-scale desalinization.
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Agree but to do that the R&D needs to be done that will collapse the cost of desalination and transport such that its cheap enough for desert farming.
The odd thing is that all the technology is on the table to do just that but there has been no one around to willing to express the vision and make the push in the way the liberals do for clean energy.
This is something that the pubbies should really seize because its the key to making the 21 century successful.