Posted on 08/09/2022 6:32:53 AM PDT by SJackson
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
Living through the summer of '22 has made climate change harder to deny, whether here in bone-dry Nevada, or in the Caribbean, where rampant seaweed growth is choking beaches; or Kentucky, where too much water created a tragedy that's still unfolding.
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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Like the way Canada said goodbye to snow?
Due to climate change? Sounds like Nevada lawmakers are responsible.
Yet another article by a reporter who thinks Las Vegas is Nevada.
There’s a whole lot of state outside that city.
Please understand that this applies ONLY to kind of grass people mow.
Not a climate emergency, simply desert town growing exponentially in an area with inadequate water supplies. Said water supply, the Colorado River, being shared with numerous other cities.
Not climate change. Too many people moved there. Even having the same water supplies year after year will not be enough. Double the population, and only half as much water is available per person.
There’s never been a drought in the American West before?
These people are fools.
Southern California has a far worse drought in the 1860’s....no “fossil fuels” back then.
Land was ditched really cheap. I think that how the massive Irvine Ranch came into existence; one individual with foresight buying up the land.
Should never have tried to grow grass out there in the first place. Golf courses, sure ... but if I had a home out there, I certainly wouldn’t have a grass lawn. Way to much upkeep in that climate.
But what about the Cartwrights cattle ???
All water sources need recharging and/or storage areas.
Yes, but only in the summer in most places. Likewise, I live in the south and lose a lot of grass (and weeds) every summer. That Climate Change can be dramatic, and it does occur every single year.
Mormon morons living in the desert
“I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf.”
- Tug McGraw
Who’da ever thunk there’d be a water shortage from millions of people moving into a desert state? LOL
It's easy to deny something that doesn't exist.
Too chicken to face real life blame it on Global Warming ,LOL
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