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ghostsinthemachine

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52. I am sitting across from a car wash
Mon Mar 16, 2015, 12:41 PM
Mar 2015

Right now in Folsom CA and the line is around the block. And most of the cars are already plenty clean! Nobody gives a shit.

They better start building desalination plants AgingAmerican Mar 2015 #1
If it were only so easy . . . Journeyman Mar 2015 #2
Necessity AgingAmerican Mar 2015 #3
how do you know that's the best solution? CreekDog Mar 2015 #61
I know that AgingAmerican Mar 2015 #82
Australia, Israel and Saudi Arabia do it. We can too. JDPriestly Mar 2015 #31
Its promise comes with a host of endemic problems and concerns . . . Journeyman Mar 2015 #33
Texas' Water Woes Spark Interest in Desalination Unknown Beatle Mar 2015 #36
You have to have water to recycle water. JDPriestly Mar 2015 #45
I am also skeptical about the quality of water that we will get if we rely on recycled water. JDPriestly Mar 2015 #69
California is the most liberal state in the United States yeoman6987 Mar 2015 #72
how do you know desalination is the most effective solution? CreekDog Mar 2015 #64
Recycling water? Importing water? JDPriestly Mar 2015 #68
No. No. No. No. Not Really High-Speed Rail is MUCH MORE IMPORTANT. cherokeeprogressive Mar 2015 #6
+1 I've heard that for the price of their high-speed rail project jonno99 Mar 2015 #57
SIXTY of them. n/t cherokeeprogressive Mar 2015 #75
My 3700 gallon rainwater storage is almost installed. roody Mar 2015 #7
impressive. Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2015 #9
Using fossil fuels to desalinate seawater is extreme idiocy. hunter Mar 2015 #58
frightening reality marym625 Mar 2015 #4
Where? Link? Inquiring minds want to know! nt raccoon Mar 2015 #37
This is beginning in other places as well. marym625 Mar 2015 #41
thank you for that reminder. I saw a documentary on that very subject re Syria and Water sabrina 1 Mar 2015 #73
It was also part of the documentary series marym625 Mar 2015 #74
Who/what is RT? nt raccoon Mar 2015 #84
Fog catchers? Trillo Mar 2015 #5
Wow! C Moon Mar 2015 #8
Free Rain Barrels for L.A. SleeplessinSoCal Mar 2015 #10
But where's the rain to fill them with? Kablooie Mar 2015 #14
Agreed. C Moon Mar 2015 #19
It doesnt take much rain. ErikJ Mar 2015 #21
+1 C Moon Mar 2015 #46
Theyve talked about tapping water from the Columbia River ErikJ Mar 2015 #11
how would California tap water from the Columbia? nt grasswire Mar 2015 #13
Pipelines of course pumped by wind and water power plants along the Columbia. nt ErikJ Mar 2015 #16
who is "they"? grasswire Mar 2015 #51
I guess the plan was to take it from the mouth of the Columbia ErikJ Mar 2015 #67
Yes, but you have to own the water to do it. Drahthaardogs Mar 2015 #83
Really? KT2000 Mar 2015 #15
Most of Columbia's water comes from the Canadian Rockies. ErikJ Mar 2015 #17
but would Washington KT2000 Mar 2015 #34
Not just no, but hell no. This was hotly debated back in the 60s and 70s hatrack Mar 2015 #40
Thanks for this info - seem to recall KT2000 Mar 2015 #53
I remember them talking about doing this in the 80s. AgingAmerican Mar 2015 #85
Drinking water downstream from Hanford Nuclear Plant...... DeSwiss Mar 2015 #32
Oh for fuck's sake. hunter Mar 2015 #63
don't plan on using Northwest water, neighbors grasswire Mar 2015 #12
There was an op-ed piece in the LA Times recently arguing much the same. But KingCharlemagne Mar 2015 #18
I live in LA but I don't feel an emergency mood here at all. Kablooie Mar 2015 #20
Great point. Decades ago, California had "drought police"... C Moon Mar 2015 #22
We just voted money for water projects. If you are in California and you vote, I hope you JDPriestly Mar 2015 #29
Put the Kardashians on it. ErikJ Mar 2015 #23
We have cut water use by over 20% already I read. JDPriestly Mar 2015 #30
I know! PasadenaTrudy Mar 2015 #54
Australia had a 12 year mega drought nationalize the fed Mar 2015 #24
Very interesting. We are going to have to have massive amounts of desalinization. JDPriestly Mar 2015 #28
Interesting take. I'd never thought about comparing energy costs like that. C Moon Mar 2015 #47
Arid desert climate, high rate of development: What could possibly go wrong? Populist_Prole Mar 2015 #25
Just barely. KamaAina Mar 2015 #49
Desalination will, in my opinion, be necessary, regardless of cost. JDPriestly Mar 2015 #26
So far it's not even being discussed. The consensus is that it's too expensive... Kablooie Mar 2015 #27
"The consensus is that it's too expensive..." Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2015 #56
Meanwhile, Rice and Almond farms continue unabated.............. thelordofhell Mar 2015 #35
Rice uses tons of water...which is why it was grown so much in colonial lowcountry SC. nt raccoon Mar 2015 #38
Yeah, I saw a program on almond farming being a huge water sucker. C Moon Mar 2015 #48
Golly gee... 99Forever Mar 2015 #39
I think current water systems just did not keep up to the rising population/longer term average. Yo_Mama Mar 2015 #42
So much waste, so many thieves. raouldukelives Mar 2015 #43
Wow, that would be really scary.... Act_of_Reparation Mar 2015 #44
What would happen is that California will do further water restrictions, that's all AZ Progressive Mar 2015 #50
Thanks. You're right about the quote. C Moon Mar 2015 #70
I am sitting across from a car wash ghostsinthemachine Mar 2015 #52
If it's Folsom Glenn Car Wash, it's a certified green car wash Brother Buzz Mar 2015 #59
it is ghostsinthemachine Mar 2015 #60
The certified green water goes back into the American river so Sacramento can use it Brother Buzz Mar 2015 #62
car washes are not big water wasters Amishman Mar 2015 #65
Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2015 #55
rain barrels aren't going to solve a drought problem CreekDog Mar 2015 #66
They'll just take it from poor people. Need all the water they can get for all the valerief Mar 2015 #71
I wondered how the dairy industry would be able to survive on a desert? midnight Mar 2015 #76
California is becoming lactose intollerant. C Moon Mar 2015 #77
Interesting. midnight Mar 2015 #78
It was a lame attempt on my part at a joke. Didn't work too well. :) C Moon Mar 2015 #79
States Dangle Water to Tempt California Dairy Farmers IDemo Mar 2015 #80
O that's allright. midnight Mar 2015 #81
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