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Drought-stricken US warned of looming 'dead pool' [View all] Eugene Jun 2022 OP

We need to build more golf courses edhopper Jun 2022 #1

When it's brought up for discussion Traildogbob Jun 2022 #3

Brilliant! leftieNanner Jun 2022 #10

DeSantis's water won't do any good. Ocean salt water. calimary Jun 2022 #25

I sailed Traildogbob Jun 2022 #29

Gov Newsom tried this year to get a 1.4 billion Desal plant started near Manhattan Beach, CA but TeamProg Jun 2022 #51

There is a desalinization plant in north San Diego county sdfernando Jun 2022 #54

Like elective cars Traildogbob Jun 2022 #60

agreed....multi-prong approach is what is needed. sdfernando Jun 2022 #63

Todays piss VGNonly Jun 2022 #68

Haaaa😂😂 Traildogbob Jun 2022 #70

The water that goes down my drain is recycled... some of it back to tap water. hunter Jun 2022 #85

Very true. But California may have no choice but using sea water. Traildogbob Jun 2022 #89

Yeah. I think you're right. calimary Jun 2022 #114

Back in the 1800's when I played football Traildogbob Jun 2022 #116

For once it wasn't the repubs catchnrelease Jun 2022 #97

And subdivisions not fooled Jun 2022 #13

"Six billion miracles is enough." CrispyQ Jun 2022 #65

Yep OrangeJoe Jun 2022 #93

JFC. . .MAYBE face mandated water restrictions???? MAY FACE?? Why in the niyad Jun 2022 #2

As someone on the ground on Northern Ca I can tell you a few things about that Unwind Your Mind Jun 2022 #9

And if you threaten people with massive fines leftieNanner Jun 2022 #12

Yes, no one in my neighborhood has lawns anymore Unwind Your Mind Jun 2022 #19

Regulate. Override politics and greed. housecat Jun 2022 #38

same here Quanto Magnus Jun 2022 #82

Stop growing cows. It can even help solve the climate crisis and prevent heart disease. housecat Jun 2022 #37

Easy to say Unwind Your Mind Jun 2022 #39

The number of smokers went down so strikingly b/c the price rose too high NullTuples Jun 2022 #43

Your last line is certainly true Unwind Your Mind Jun 2022 #47

it can be done sustainably, just not cheaply. mopinko Jun 2022 #88

Dairy is beef. hunter Jun 2022 #90

Yes cows, pigs, chickens, farmed fish. The air is filled with pain and agony of animal slaughter. housecat Jun 2022 #56

Plants and fungus are every bit as much "life" as animals, but you don't hear their screams NullTuples Jun 2022 #69

Brilliant post. I'm stealing your words and will echo them whenever I can (with attribution.) erronis Jun 2022 #76

No argument there, NullTuples, and I especially appreciate your last paragraph. Yes, life is life, housecat Jun 2022 #78

You're not rambling. You are speaking truth. That is what DU is about, IMHO. Evolve Dammit Jun 2022 #98

On the bright side, our destruction may end up being self-limiting. NullTuples Jun 2022 #101

Well if we ever have an opportunity to evolve again, we should take our time standing on housecat Jun 2022 #115

Excellent post. yonder Jun 2022 #81

Whatever you do, don't tell them about nematodes. Pobeka Jun 2022 #102

*I* feel bad knowing I'm eating nematodes. They're amazing. NullTuples Jun 2022 #104

If you want less of something TAX IT Warpy Jun 2022 #62

Gas at the pump is taxed. housecat Jun 2022 #79

Every time the price goes up Warpy Jun 2022 #86

And gas companies start talking about keeping prices high to make up for lower volume sold NullTuples Jun 2022 #105

Lab grown meats can't come soon enough, IMO Warpy Jun 2022 #59

All true, but it's also the quantity of meat humans comsume housecat Jun 2022 #80

I know that WE are doing all we can. It frustrates me that the government entities seem to be so niyad Jun 2022 #61

In my area, we have acres & acres of business park lawn that mostly gets watered mid-afternoon. CrispyQ Jun 2022 #66

I have cousins in the area who are complaining now Warpy Jun 2022 #49

Grey water works if you use natural soaps womanofthehills Jun 2022 #106

If you live in the typical southwestern house on a small lot Warpy Jun 2022 #113

Folks need to move DownriverDem Jun 2022 #4

Glad to Delphinus Jun 2022 #17

One inch less of water VGNonly Jun 2022 #23

Through DownriverDem Jun 2022 #84

We may have to secede and join with Canada to save the lakes. roamer65 Jun 2022 #45

That would be me. DownriverDem Jun 2022 #83

The energy cost is too high. hunter Jun 2022 #64

Imagine SoCal with all our swimming pools empty. SleeplessinSoCal Jun 2022 #5

With all the nasty chemicals, I imagine pool water has limited use. but it's a start. housecat Jun 2022 #30

Are you saying the water pool water is the same as toilet bowel water? SleeplessinSoCal Jun 2022 #71

I am saying that water in swimming pools is loaded with chemicals housecat Jun 2022 #73

But chemicals are put in after its filled with water. SleeplessinSoCal Jun 2022 #95

I don't understand why BonnieJW Jun 2022 #6

Pipe it from where? roamer65 Jun 2022 #7

I'm in the Seattle area and it's been raining a lot here. OMGWTF Jun 2022 #53

The precipitation is sliding northward, IMO roamer65 Jun 2022 #55

Once upon a time there was a huge water project proposed... hunter Jun 2022 #91

The climate is swinging between greater extremes. love_katz Jun 2022 #94

How about S. California just starts by capturing more of their annual rainfall? Pobeka Jun 2022 #103

Estuaries die without it NickB79 Jun 2022 #111

That's essentially what the Colorado River and Lake Mead and Lake Powell is, along Gaugamela Jun 2022 #11

+1 2naSalit Jun 2022 #21

From Duluth MN VGNonly Jun 2022 #35

That pipeline won't work. roamer65 Jun 2022 #40

Got that right!... MiHale Jun 2022 #109

Too much. roamer65 Jun 2022 #117

Oil sells for $50-$150 per barrel. A barrel is 42 gallons. mn9driver Jun 2022 #15

Taking water from the Great Lakes is like Putin stealing countries. housecat Jun 2022 #26

Doesn't matter. roamer65 Jun 2022 #41

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jun 2022 #16

Too costly. Really? Compared to what? Too costly to sustain life? housecat Jun 2022 #28

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jun 2022 #57

exactly housecat Jun 2022 #72

Desalination is energy intensive HariSeldon Jun 2022 #42

Diablo Canyon NPP. roamer65 Jun 2022 #46

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jun 2022 #58

Pretty bad when Great Salt Lake is going dry... Wounded Bear Jun 2022 #8

For a glimpse of what we're up against, see the Medieval Warm Period. paleotn Jun 2022 #14

+1 excellent points bronxiteforever Jun 2022 #100

New dam projects? NQAS Jun 2022 #18

Fortunate to see Hoover back in 2001 during Pas-de-Calais Jun 2022 #20

I was just in LA for a family get together ybbor Jun 2022 #22

California is asking for too little too late. housecat Jun 2022 #24

Denial. That's the problem. calimary Jun 2022 #31

Yes, denial. Plus politics, greed, and plain stupidity housecat Jun 2022 #33

Plenty of H2O in Indiana. Move here. Make us blue. Captain Zero Jun 2022 #27

It's a start housecat Jun 2022 #34

Yup to a point yes. roamer65 Jun 2022 #44

And other states are having frequent flooding. Use that water before it hits the salt ocean. housecat Jun 2022 #32

3...2...1 Repugs: THIS IS ALL BIDENS FAULT!! Ferrets are Cool Jun 2022 #36

I like to take a long shower SouthernLiberal Jun 2022 #48

Say goodbye to affordable winter lettuce. hunter Jun 2022 #50

We need more water sponges in arid areas: Gold courses, melons, grass, berries, almonds AZLD4Candidate Jun 2022 #52

The farming must stop. The Jungle 1 Jun 2022 #75

The levels of Lakes Powell & Mead are alarming. CrispyQ Jun 2022 #67

How much water is 1,600,000 gallons? VGNonly Jun 2022 #74

"Stop Global Whining" bumper stickers come to mind. czarjak Jun 2022 #77

Nuke the jet stream bucolic_frolic Jun 2022 #87

I still see people washing their sidewalks instead of using a broom in CA. BigmanPigman Jun 2022 #92

Time to cut back on toilet flushing and showers. lunatica Jun 2022 #96

Kind of surprises me though that given the states water situation that there are those that cstanleytech Jun 2022 #99

Like other water disputes, it's about who gets the water and who shoulders the costs. Eugene Jun 2022 #110

"all come with conflicts with somebody" True but they need to wake up cstanleytech Jun 2022 #112

Earth will protect itself, and send us into another Dark Ages weather pattern. C Moon Jun 2022 #107

The GOP is a threat to our future andricv Jun 2022 #108

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