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NickB79

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34. Desal water is too expensive for our type of agriculture

Reply to EndlessWire (Reply #21)

Fri Nov 4, 2022, 09:39 PM

Nov 2022

Even with 100 desalination plants, California farmers couldn't afford to buy it at the volumes they use.

That, or produce prices in the grocery store have to skyrocket.

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Colorado River conditions are worsening quicker than expected. Feds prepare to step in. [View all] Nevilledog Nov 2022 OP

Arizona will run out of water. ProudMNDemocrat Nov 2022 #1

the most voracious water consumer in Arizona is agriculture mike_c Nov 2022 #8

Wrong tense-aspect/Aktionsart. Igel Nov 2022 #24

How about repurposing the Keystone Pipeline and bring water down from Canada FakeNoose Nov 2022 #2

That's a drop in the bucket NickB79 Nov 2022 #5

NO!! With the Midwest drying and the Mississippi extremely low...for what? PortTack Nov 2022 #7

That would be the lower Midwest. The upper Midwest still has ample water. Kaleva Nov 2022 #10

The morality tends to be a problem. Igel Nov 2022 #25

It cannot come from the Great Lakes aquifer. roamer65 Nov 2022 #14

Yes I get it... The Keystone Pipeline originates in Alberta & Saskachewan FakeNoose Nov 2022 #17

Until a significant number of voters in the West demand it be rescinded MichMan Nov 2022 #35

...and so will begin the Resistance. roamer65 Nov 2022 #39

If I lived in the lower Colorado River basin, I'd be looking to move. CrispyQ Nov 2022 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author Nevilledog Nov 2022 #26

Kari Lake is pushing that as a solution Nevilledog Nov 2022 #27

We're gonna have to choose one or the other. CrispyQ Nov 2022 #29

Kick & recommend for visibility. bronxiteforever Nov 2022 #4

Climate change is always "faster than expected" NickB79 Nov 2022 #6

+1 dalton99a Nov 2022 #9

I get the impression that a number of people here don't take it seriously. Kaleva Nov 2022 #11

We're fucked. Oneironaut Nov 2022 #12

I look at it as a challenge I'll do my best to overcome. Kaleva Nov 2022 #13

We're currently at 8 billion people globally NickB79 Nov 2022 #16

Inequitable distribution of resources is our biggest problem Kaleva Nov 2022 #22

It has to happen sooner. roamer65 Nov 2022 #23

And property prices in my town will just go MissB Nov 2022 #15

... Lucinda Nov 2022 #18

The price of crops...produce especially... will skyrocket, since fewer can be grown.. albacore Nov 2022 #19

Please add sarcasm indicators to your post. raccoon Nov 2022 #20

I'll do that, but.... what DUer would need a sarcasm tag for that? nt albacore Nov 2022 #30

You would be surprised Hekate Nov 2022 #32

We have plenty of Karma13612 Nov 2022 #38

California could overcome EndlessWire Nov 2022 #21

There's 12 already, & San Diego's has the biggest in the western hemisphere Hekate Nov 2022 #31

So? Maybe we need 24. EndlessWire Nov 2022 #33

Desal water is too expensive for our type of agriculture NickB79 Nov 2022 #34

Radical idea, they could also consider growing more water efficient crops. Lancero Nov 2022 #37

We'll seriously be lucky if our world doesn't resemble Mad Max Fury Road in 10 years. Initech Nov 2022 #28

Carnos have more than earned a spot on that list too. Lancero Nov 2022 #36

Solutions? NowISeetheLight Nov 2022 #40