Our discussion was about water. You’re frustrated that you can’t win there, so you’re branching out. Don’t blame you.
I covered the pension when I said that two sides agreeing on terms left us little room to change things. We have a Democrat controlled government. I don’t agree with how things are.
Please provide any information you like referencing water desalination.
As for California taking too much Colorado river water, California has 65% of the populace living in the states that are affected by the Colorado Water Agreement. It takes 29% of the water by agreement.
Your state has 4.76% of the population in the states in the water pact, and gets 4% of the water.
California is the largest agricultural producing state. In 2009 it had a $34.8 billion dollar agricultural industry. The following four states were Iowa at 21, Texas at 16.6, Nebraska at 15.3, and Illinois at 14.5 billion. It accomplishes that with water from the Colorado river.
California had 15 years beginning in 2001 to enact Colorado River conservation efforts to decrease dependency on the inland water source. What has California done to comply?
The majority of California’s population lives on the coast, so if you’re going to use residential water usage as the core of your argument, it makes more sense to desalinate and provide the majority of its population with water reclaimed from the Pacific.
Doubtful the upper river states are going to blow the dams and flood their residents, so California should determine if they’re willing to trade all the “shared” lakes for the Colorado.