"It's a desert! Nothing grows there!"
Posted on 08/07/2022 8:38:11 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
In Las Vegas, Nevada, it's come to this: climate change has helped make water ever more scarce, so under a new Nevada law, the grass has got to go. "When we look at outdoor water use in Southern Nevada, landscaping far and away is the largest water user, and of that, it's grass," said Bronson Mack of the Las Vegas Water Authority.
The city's already pulled up about four million square feet of grass on public property so far this year, because thirsty green parkways are something they just can't afford anymore. "The grass that you see behind me is not long for this world," Mack told correspondent Tracy Smith. "In fact, within the next couple of months to a year, this grass will be completely eliminated, and it'll be replaced with drip-irrigated trees and plants."
And every drip counts. So, water waste investigators (also known as water cops) patrol the neighborhoods, taking note of who's watering when, and how much of that water goes down the drain.
But it seems there are still those who could use convincing that climate change has become a climate emergency.
Last spring a group of scientists chained themselves to a Los Angeles bank in protest over the lack of action. "We're going to lose everything, and we're not joking," said one protester, Dr. Peter Kalmus. "We're not lying, we're not exaggerating. This is so bad, everyone."
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I did like Sedona, though.
Ha! Good one.
I am allergic to cut grass, I would have the biggest sneezing fits after I mowed.
and climate change has nothing to do with packing a quickly growing population into a desert valley. Las Vegas has always been a desert nothing has changed
"It's a desert! Nothing grows there!"
Increase in population beyond what the environment can support might have something to do with it.
I don't like LV, but we go to Southern Arizona a lot.
Every time I go there, it reminds me why I live 70 feet from 625 billion gallons of fresh water.
I’m in the high desert. Sagebrush grows there! :-)
Indeed!
No climate change involved
Nevada and a lot of California is desert. The period with enough water for grass is anomalie. Grass doesn’t grow naturally in deserts anywhere.
Living in the desert is like living in a flood plain. When nature kicks in, you are kicked out
Las Vegas is the most corrupt place that I have ever lived in.
Didn’t get the memo regarding the flooding going on in Las Vegas . . .
Methinks the lady doth protest too much!
Much like places like New Orleans and Miami.
Let a multi million city exist on a swamp and then blame glow-bull warming and sea rise for flooding.
Haven’t they heard of Astro Turf? I’ve seen one or two yards with that.
Green rocks is the answer!
I tried to order some on-line. I found orn beach glass in green, but it’s expensive!
Young person: What? They just legalized it and now grass is gonna be illegal? Smoking it is what gets me out of bed every afternoon.
They environazis want to preserve the Delta smelt so they cut off the water supply to Nevada
No, it’s not due to woke ideals on climate:
It’s due to shitty liberal planning. The evidence is EVERYWHERE.
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