Posted on 05/28/2005 5:56:03 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Yup, they have essentially condemned the Plumas snow pack and sent it south.
Good post.
"What are the other more valuable uses for water than to enhance life? Name two."
You're asking the wrong question. In an efficient market we would grow crops requiring lots of water in an area that naturally had lots of water.
The limiting factor is when the transportation cost for the produce approaches the incremental water cost. In other words, in a society like ours where shipping and rail transportation are relatively cheap, one would expect all the good produce in grocery stores even though it comes from great distances.
That is a terrific book, isn't it? Lots to mull over in that one. And I love trees. I've added close to 100 of them to my property in the past ten years but I've lugged around the hose enough during that time too, to be able to say that they haven't seemed to bring more rain to the midwest yet, LOL! ;)
Absolutely correct. Sustainable development is a catch phrase for the Marxist domination of global resources by elite government and quasi government forces.
Another aspect of the plan is so-called corridors in which human interaction between restricted residential areas will be connected by a road system. This will allow nature's true creatures to roam free across the land, despoiling at their pleasure.
This plan, in excruciating detail, is approved by the UN and is under study by most local, state and federal governments around the world. The federal and state preserve system here in the US are in part initial steps toward the completion of this plan.
This would put more than 90% of the earth's surface off limits to any nonauthorized human traffic. In reality this is easily attainable since only a small portion of the earth is populated by humans. It would, however, turn large tracts of local communities into severely restricted land.
The environmentalist movement is increasingly terrorist and anti culture. It is one more enemy on a list of evil empires.
But then your destroying the desert environment! ;?)
The enviroMENTALists logic goes round and round.
I am no asking the wrong question. All you had to do was answer it. Furthermore, I know of what I speak. I live in the Yakima Valley in the central part of Washington State. It is a desert and because of the resorvoirs that our ancestors had the forsight to build it a very productive area.
Apples, pears, peaches, nectarines, apricots, plums, tomatoes, corn, asparagus, wheat, mint, potatoes and so on. And, that doesn't count the daries, beef, sheep and goats, plus all the people who depend upon agriculture in one way or another.
So, if the water was put to a better economic use as you propose(whatever it might be) this country would loose nearly one-half of its apple production, alone, that accounts for nearly 6 billion dollars, that are taxed, to the nation's economy. The limiting factor is when the transportation cost for the produce approaches the incremental water cost. In other words, in a society like ours where shipping and rail transportation are relatively cheap, one would expect all the good produce in grocery stores even though it comes from great distances.
This concept is incalculable.
First, no one I am acquainted would know what the incremental water cost is, and this includes Phd's from WSU.
Secondly, transportation costs are quite high, especially since fuel costs have risen and fuel surcharges are now applicable.
Thirdly, in today's world, rail only works for very heavy, nonperishable goods. It doesn't work for apples, pears and so on. The reason is that rail takes too long, so freshness of a perishable product , a necessary requirement, deteriorates. In fact, in year's past I have had experience in shipping by rail (and boat) and that experience was disasterous. The railcars were misplaced. By the time they were found the produce was running out the door, rottten. I have had the same situations occur with ships when dock workers refused to unload the cargo, for whatever reason.
Let me tell you, this costs a lot of money, insurance doesn't cover all the loss. And, this does impact the customer because they depend upon timely arrivals.
There's always Spam.
Excellent news! Now, if we could just get extensive social and political turmoil...causing free traitors everywhere to lose great sums of money...that would be even better!
Wow, the history in this region is unimaginable. Empires came and went with the China trade, the Silk Road itself, and the drive to find alternatives to it.
And not just goods -- it was the flow of information that built the such empires as Venice as much as the trade itself. Then, the Genovans and the Portuguese figured out a better way to the East, and found a new world along the way.
America has bridged several economic revolutions, and we're still on top. Few empires have survived even a single drama. We've gone from coastal to inland travel/trade, from there to rail and automobile, and from industry/manufacture to information/communication. And we're still on top.
Anyway, the way across the Gobi desert built many an empire.
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