I am a little late to the thread but it is most interesting!
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Desalination, Nuclear Power, Mass Transportation: they're all big $$$ infrastructure with plenty of dogmatic naysayers. But they're also complimentary technologies that are available NOW to address some of the major challenges facing Kalifornia: power & water shortages, air-traffic and highway congestion.
It's a tough battle. But IMHO, these technologies make too much sense to be postponed.