[Mad Dawgg]

If the drought continues at this pace, in 5 years L.A will be a ghost town unless someone comes up with an economical way to make fresh water from the ocean. (I hear desalination plants are very expensive to run and maintain.)

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unless someone comes up with an economical way to make fresh water from the ocean. (I hear desalination plants are very expensive to run and maintain.)

They're cheaper than high-speed rail, and more practical. The Israelis have developed the technology so that it's cost-effective, but the watermelons won't ever let it happen here.

[az_gila]

If the drought continues at this pace, in 5 years L.A will be a ghost town unless someone comes up with an economical way to make fresh water from the ocean. (I hear desalination plants are very expensive to run and maintain.)

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Nah, wait a few years...

When I lived in LA the CA “Drought Emergency Office” switched overnight to the state “Emergency Flooding Office” at the end of the late 70’s drought...:^)