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Man from Pickens

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7. Las Vegas in huge trouble too

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Sun Mar 15, 2015, 11:02 AM

Mar 2015

If you're alive 20 years from now you may well get to witness that city disappear from the map - there never was anywhere near the water available that they consume, and now it's almost out.

Perhaps a desert wasn't the right place to built a large city?

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California Is Drilling for Water That Fell to Earth 20,000 Years Ago [View all] marmar Mar 2015 OP

California has a big problem and drilling will only make it worse. The answer is B Calm Mar 2015 #1

Careful; You'll start a fight. cherokeeprogressive Mar 2015 #2

that is a long term solution, short term they have to do other things still_one Mar 2015 #3

The answer is "too many people", and "too much wasted water". NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #4

I know you say destillination plants are not the answer yeoman6987 Mar 2015 #6

Not sure what you mean by "higher ocean levels" with respect to desalination. NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #9

Oh. Never mind. I just thought it would help yeoman6987 Mar 2015 #10

If a Democratic state accepts this, we are in trouble. yeoman6987 Mar 2015 #5

Las Vegas in huge trouble too Man from Pickens Mar 2015 #7

This is by far the biggest story of our time IDemo Mar 2015 #8