Posted on 07/17/2014 1:12:09 PM PDT by Maudeen
I see it more as civil situation than criminal.
Up here in Washington we can’t water out of rivers and creeks without explicit rights, either; if there were no restrictions then upstream users would store or use water as they saw fit and without regard to downstream rights. There have been wars over similar water-rights issues.
This user was not able to differentiate between precipitation which fell on his own property and that which flowed from offsite in the stream. He tried to make an argument that existing dams on the stream diverted water to his property which made it available to him for storage but this did not fly with the latest court.
And at the same time the state of CA is trying to divert more water from the depleted Lake McClure for the benefit of young salmon. Fish or any creature other than human has a much higher priority for any state resources, including water, than food production or human consumption.
And to think, in the 1800s, from the HIGH PLAINS west, was known as THE GREAT AMERICAN DESERT.
Because as an engineer, I have some idea of what physical reality is required. And I read articles talking about what is required to make such a thing happen.
Why do you assume it is cheap and no one does it, except in places with an abundance of energy and cash, like Saudi Arabia?
hmmm...that makes sense.
Thanks!
Maudeen, just go here...you'll be able to post links, even pictures. Scroll down to "how to create a link."
I think we should sell them some at the same price as oil.
They could use their high speed Eco train to transport it.
That’s ok, keep all the water. We’ll just have more Californians move to wa and or
Are they going to ban water in swimming pools and watering golf courses? Just wondering.
Doesn’t the southwest get a lot of its water and hydroelectric power from the northwest?
I would be moving out of CA at any cost, because things are heating up or should I say drying up.
Was the southwest intended to accommodate so many millions of people in what is generally an arid climate?
Author loses al credibility right here.
Next he'll be talking about the economy and quoting Noam Chomsky.
I would have said “Starting to Become Tribulational” but, what-Evher!
I am involved in the Desalination project in Carlsbad, CA. It is very energy intensive and expensive, but will be critical moving forward as a supplemental source.
Monsoon started right on schedule up here in the Northland.
You think the was credibility to start with when the author uses a Apocalyptic headline from Prophecy Newswatch?
LOL. Good point.
The writer seems to have forgotten about "The Great Dust Bowl" of the 1930's..........
I had the great fortune of staying in a B&B in N.W. Kansas back around 2000 that was owned by a 94 year old woman who actually endured the entire saga of the dust bowl.........She was literally an unopened vault of memories and information on what life was like when she was a child and what she and her family endured during the 1930's.........
Have you ever met anyone who actually took a horse and buggy to town on Fridays to buy supplies? Have you ever met anyone whose father drilled a well utilizing a pole and a mule? Have you ever met anyone whose house in the country was actually moved into the nearby town being towed by mules and hauled over logs?
Apocalyptic? I don't think so......LOL!
No.
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