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2naSalit

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8. Then again
Sun Feb 2, 2014, 04:56 PM
Feb 2014

what about the wildlife that rely on that water and the fact that the wildlife are what are keeping the biosphere habitable? Moving water around on that scale is detrimental to all life in the biosphere. California, where much of the produce is grown, was/is a desert. They only grow stuff there because they already move the water in mass quantities which is what has helped facilitate the conditions form which we all now suffer. Let's just make some more of that.

Also, producing the plants we eat in such a fashion has created a couple of other detrimental aspects to our ability to survive. It is this mono-cropping that has led to the Monsanto affect of GMOs, the rampant use of chemical to make things grow where they shouldn't, perpetuated removal of indigenous peoples from their homes and it has also added to the seemingly easily passed over fact of over population which makes other human ills more widespread (won't go into that for the sake of not ruffling more feathers and getting flamed).

Don't think it's wise.

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