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12. AT LEAST!!! This Californian agrees wholeheartedly!

Sun Apr 5, 2015, 08:19 PM

Apr 2015

We actually don't have a choice anymore. This isn't a "want to" or "ought to" thing. This is "have to."

I thought it might be neat to go where the snow is. Look how obscenely much they had of it on the East Coast. What if we could build some sort of pipeline from east to west? Relieve buried Boston and pump that snow out west to California! Worst-case scenario: the pipeline bursts. What comes out? WATER. I also wonder why we out here aren't investing most if not all the state surplus into desalination projects or mechanisms or protocols. For Pete's sake, we've got the world's biggest water source at the wet end of the beach. Over the entire length of California! Surely there might be intakes in various places where water-creatures and the local ecology aren't horribly compromised?

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One sentence CA water proposal: NO FRACKING until the drought is over and reserves are @125% n/t [View all] BobSmith4152 Apr 2015 OP

I don't live in California 99th_Monkey Apr 2015 #1

No fracking. NV Whino Apr 2015 #2

+1000 times, absolutely. mother earth Apr 2015 #4

+10,000 roody Apr 2015 #27

Ok, I'll see that +100,000 mother earth Apr 2015 #37

Yep. Scuba Apr 2015 #20

given the climate reality for CA, this is essentially 'no fracking' period Amishman Apr 2015 #31

What Californians of this day don't understand NV Whino Apr 2015 #32

This Californian agrees BrotherIvan Apr 2015 #3

How do we make it happen? BobSmith4152 Apr 2015 #18

I have contacted Governor Brown's office BrotherIvan Apr 2015 #21

One thing the Conservative Wing of our Party agree with the Republicons is fracking. rhett o rick Apr 2015 #5

recommended 2nd sentence: No private corporations bottling and selling CA water magical thyme Apr 2015 #6

I agree, and I would also like to see... ColesCountyDem Apr 2015 #7

I'm with you on that. JDPriestly Apr 2015 #8

Agricultural use is 80% of the total. "no almonds, no rice, no cotton" would make more sense (n/t) Spider Jerusalem Apr 2015 #9

Jerry what are you thinking? ruffburr Apr 2015 #10

FRACKING = POISON blkmusclmachine Apr 2015 #11

AT LEAST!!! This Californian agrees wholeheartedly! calimary Apr 2015 #12

i wonder if those who sy no fracking would be willing to pay $7-10 for gas? rdking647 Apr 2015 #13

i'd suppose chapdrum Apr 2015 #14

That's kind of the difference between D's and R's, isn't it? elias7 Apr 2015 #16

plus theres teh thousand employed in fracking who would lose jobs rdking647 Apr 2015 #22

When the water table is gone ThoughtCriminal Apr 2015 #24

what do yo do for them today????? rdking647 Apr 2015 #25

What will you do for them tomorrow? ThoughtCriminal Apr 2015 #26

Same argument as the Spotted owl some years ago elias7 Apr 2015 #39

And tens of MILLIONS will lose their lives as global warming ramps up NickB79 Apr 2015 #36

Better make sure your straw hut isn't TBF Apr 2015 #35

Up here in Maine,... MarianJack Apr 2015 #15

My condolences for the years of mental anguish and embarrassement that *man* gives all there. n/t freshwest Apr 2015 #23

Thanks! MarianJack Apr 2015 #30

Clearly. It takes between 4 and 5 MILLION gallons of water to frack one well one time. If it is PatrickforO Apr 2015 #17

frackign in california uses less water than fracking in othe states rdking647 Apr 2015 #29

It's not just a matter of using water NV Whino Apr 2015 #33

Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2015 #19

k&r n/t Wilms Apr 2015 #28

Um........... duh! raven mad Apr 2015 #34

K&R! Omaha Steve Apr 2015 #38