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Binkie The Clown

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9. "the market will correct a water imbalance"

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Wed Apr 8, 2015, 10:44 PM

Apr 2015

Typical magical thinking on the part of economists. The supernatural invisible hand of the god-like market will fix everything, just like it always has. NOT!

No rain? No problem. Our lord and savior Market will save us.
Coastline flooding? No problem. Our lord and savior Market will save us.
Extended heat waves killing crops and people? No problem. Our lord and savior Market will save us.
No more cost-effective fossil fuels left in the ground? No problem. Our lord and savior Market will save us.
Ocean acidification and warming killing more and more species? No problem. Our lord and savior Market will save us.
Polar ice caps melting and glaciers collapsing everywhere? No problem. Our lord and savior Market will save us.

If this isn't delusional magical thinking I don't what is.

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Why the California drought will be worse than everyone thinks [View all] marmar Apr 2015 OP

And if the land market collapses in California because of the new desert where there was farmland, guillaumeb Apr 2015 #1

AND..what if fracking keeps on poisoning the rest of the water? nt kelliekat44 Apr 2015 #14

This reminds me of a video I saw at San Diego museum of natural history pipoman Apr 2015 #2

Love it -- people blithely propose we'll get "diversions from Canada, and Washington and Oregon"... Journeyman Apr 2015 #3

Anyone proposing that needs to quit living in fantasyland Spider Jerusalem Apr 2015 #6

Washington and Oregon are facing their own water shortages starroute Apr 2015 #12

If our gov does not put a stop to fracking, oldandhappy Apr 2015 #4

the cynic in me wonders TheFarseer Apr 2015 #5

Not even close - agriculture is the main thing - about 85% of all water used in the state hatrack Apr 2015 #10

Hatrack, only because I am actually looking at the data nadinbrzezinski Apr 2015 #16

In addition to what hatrack says above, golf is a significant contributor to some areas income... Journeyman Apr 2015 #13

We're already talking about the aquifers being in danger of collapse. Starry Messenger Apr 2015 #7

Does anyone else see the irony in lack of water perhaps putting underwater mnhtnbb Apr 2015 #8

"the market will correct a water imbalance" Binkie The Clown Apr 2015 #9

If you believe in inifinte growth on a finite planet, you're either insane or an economist hatrack Apr 2015 #11

I'd like to see an accounting of what is grown in each basin XemaSab Apr 2015 #15