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Environment & Energy

Sopkoviak

(357 posts)

7. A "megadrought" is defined by a time period

Reply to adirondacker (Original post)

Wed Sep 3, 2014, 02:46 PM

Sep 2014

Not the relative dryness. The "study" itself suggests that some years could be above average wetness and some below.

And a 20 to 50% chance that it "could" occur means there is a 50 to 80% chance that it won't.

What a worthless piece of crap scaremongering study. It's virtually meaningless.

Is it any wonder many people dismiss this kind of crap?

I wonder who profits from this.

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'Worse Than Anything Seen in 2,000 Years' as Megadrought Threatens Western States [View all] adirondacker Sep 2014 OP

Very worrisome for us out here Curtis Sep 2014 #1

Desalinization is both expensive and energy demanding. adirondacker Sep 2014 #2

Bet it's a lot cheaper and more efficient now, 20 years later Demeter Sep 2014 #11

Even Saudi Arabia doesn't rely heavily on desal. to exist NickB79 Sep 2014 #13

they want to build more dams because that's what we've always done phantom power Sep 2014 #5

Brown's 24 bilion dollar boondoggle of a project has been very much truedelphi Sep 2014 #9

The only solution to a megadrought: MOVE! NickB79 Sep 2014 #10

How will this affect the Kardashians? progressoid Sep 2014 #3

The closer you look, the worse it appears. GliderGuider Sep 2014 #4

2000 years? A blip on the time scale. Indydem Sep 2014 #6

A "megadrought" is defined by a time period Sopkoviak Sep 2014 #7

"What a worthless piece of crap scaremongering study. It's virtually meaningless. " Nihil Sep 2014 #12

50% chance of a thunderstorm. Time to grab your umbrella and walk around in an open field. adirondacker Sep 2014 #14

Rain clouds in the autumn dry up, as truedelphi Sep 2014 #8

Nestle's CEO has made it clear that access to clean water is not a human right. Enthusiast Sep 2014 #15

I know - it is very clear that the only choice that you and I have to make is truedelphi Sep 2014 #16

Yes, but we wouldn't be Enthusiast Sep 2014 #17