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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Were there lots of lush lawns in the Vegas area when the Mormons first settled in the area? Do you see a lot of greenery in the desert outside of Vegas in pictures taken in the 20s? No? Then ‘climate change’ has nothing to do with it. Population growth and people trying to make a natural tan/brown landscape look more green is the reason.
Massive residential and agricultural expansion into the desert is the cause, coupled with a refusal, thanks to envirotards, to build more reservoirs.
In my opinion, desert golf courses should have astroturf for the greens, raked and rolled gravel for the fairways, and unmodified desert for the rough. No water hazards, but maybe a few specialties like cholla traps.
But then, I don’t play golf.
It’s a desert. Grass isn’t supposed to grow there. They used to advise those with allergies to move to the desert. And then people moved there & planted the same plants they were trying to leave behind. Human behavior never changes.
Golf courses and casinos use the most water...by FAR.
How come they never chain themselves to John Kerry’s jet?
Is there anything Climate Change can’t do?
Oh no! Where will the oceans get enough water to flood Al Gore’s house?
“Las Vegas” = “The Meadows” in English. Guess you’ll have to dig up some old Mormons to ask them if the area matched the name.
The climate is always changing, but more CO2 in the atmosphere is not an important cause of the changes.
How come they never chain themselves to John Kerry’s jet?
According to this is it because it is never stationary, always in the air
Golf courses? Are you nuts? Without them, nobody would live in the desert.
Back in the 70’s I visited Phoenix, thought it was funny almost nobody had a lawn but a lot of them had painted the yard with green paint.
Without much thought on my part, this seems logical and pragmatic. However, there is no need to invoke climate change. Why do people move to the desert and expect it to not be desert?
Nevada has been very dry for a long time.
Idaho and Iowa have more than enough water.
It averages out?
The meadows were never some vast lush area. Even if the area wasn’t in drought, that there are vast areas of lawn maintained in the middle of the desert is just intrinsically wasteful of a limited resource
swimming pools continued to be filled/refilled for those that can afford it.
I’ve read or heard urban legends from just about every war where some poor slob got his Johnson shot, hacked or blown off and killed himself during or after recuperation.
I suppose they could be turned into those ugly-arse courses they have in the UK.
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