Posted on 10/24/2022 5:11:43 PM PDT by Libloather
Coalinga city officials estimate their small town will run out of water by Dec. 1.
The city, which is typically allocated 10,000 acre-feet of water, has only been allocated about 2,000 acre-feet this year, according to Pro-Tem Mayor Ray Singleton. And that supply is almost gone.
“It was beautifully green just eight years ago. If you look at Google Maps, my yard was green, but like maybe five or six years ago now you look at it now, it’s like the Sahara Desert,” said Singleton. He’s been a resident since 2000 and is raising his family there.
The California valley city, located inland between Los Angeles and San Francisco, is home to an estimated 17,465 people. All the people living in Fresno County, where Coalinga is located, are experiencing a drought. It is the second driest year to date over the past 128 years, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Coalinga residents have been living under water restrictions, such as no watering their front lawns or washing their cars, and there’s a moratorium on pools. If a resident wants to maintain their pool, they need to sign a contract with the town stating they will provide their own 30,000 gallons of water, according to Singleton. One of Singleton’s current concerns is that the fire department needs to flush out the hydrants soon, and that could use up even more water.
The city is also the site of a state prison and state mental health hospital. The city has no control over how these facilities use water, and Singleton estimates they pull around 25% to 30% of the city’s supply. He said he sees these institutions waste water and called it “frustratingly insane.”
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The corn mentioned in the Bible is not the same as the corn we make ethanol from. That's maize and it was unknown in the old world. Corn referred to cereal grains like wheat, oats, barley or rye. The name was co-opted onto maize in the new world.
It is still a tremendous waste of resources. All the corn that could feed livestock, chickens and people. Burned for fuel, when more efficient fuels exist, and we actually would use less of the so called Fossil fuels just through the improved MPG.
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I absolutely agree that growing corn for ethanol is a tremendous waste of resources. Putting ethanol in fuel is one of the dumbest things we’ve ever done. It causes untold amounts of repair costs for small engines every year and is just a giveaway to the big agriculture lobby. There is no benefit to it for anyone other than big ag and the politicians in their pockets.
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