Posted on 07/02/2015 4:28:32 AM PDT by Kaslin
California keeps reminding us what has gone astray with America in recent years.
The state is in the midst of a crippling four-year-old drought. Yet California has built almost no major northern or central mountain reservoirs since the New Melones Dam of 1979. That added nearly 3 million acre-feet to the state's storage reserves -- a critical project that was almost canceled by endless environmental lawsuits and protests.
Although California has almost doubled in population since the dam's construction, its politicians apparently decided that completing more northern and Sierra Nevada water projects was passé. So the parched state now prays for rain and snow rather than building reservoirs to ensure that the next drought won't shut down the state.
Curiously, once infrastructure projects such as the New Melones Dam are finished, few seem to complain about the life-saving water they provide the public in times of existential drought. California has taught the nation its unique hypocrisy. We have stopped the Keystone pipeline for now, but if it gets built eventually, few consumers will complain that it transfers oil at a cheap cost and with greater safety.
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“.......That added nearly 3 million acre-feet to the state’s storage reserves — a critical project that was almost canceled by endless environmental lawsuits and protests.”
Environmentalists are major monetary supporters of the Democrat party. Californians have fallen for the Democrat lies for decades, and consequently have been taken down the road by them. The Democrats have never actually fought the Environmentalists on anything as to do so is to fight their own party of which is absolutely out of bounds for any member of the Democrat party.
The Democrats in power have capitulated to the environmentalists at every turn. For the money. Never did they fight for California. Only for themselves.
Man-Made Drought: A Guide To California's Water Wars
http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials/061215-757095-california-drought-caused-by-environmental-activists.htm?p=2
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