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Environment & Energy

iscooterliberally

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8. I agree that there would be a huge fight about it.

Reply to jwirr (Reply #7)

Wed Dec 31, 2014, 11:58 AM

Dec 2014

I didn't know the Great Lakes were receding. I haven't been up that way in many years. I guess with our larger population we are much more thirsty than ever. I saw a special on a news program called Vice on HBO a few months back where they showed an entire town somewhere in Texas that just cleared out. There was no water left and the folks there had to abandon their homes. I know that Georgia and Tennessee have fights over water rights too. I think this is going to be the biggest problem that future generations have to deal with. Anyway, Happy New Year to you!

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California Droughts Could Have Dangerous Ripple Effects [View all] xchrom Dec 2014 OP

It's been so bad.... daleanime Dec 2014 #1

the ripple effect should be considered as the fruit basket being empty. hollysmom Dec 2014 #2

And the obvious answer is grow the stuff someplace else but that would be very bad for the jwirr Dec 2014 #6

I'm in SoCal, it snowed last night. Trillo Dec 2014 #3

Let's not forget hydroelectric power generation, either. ColesCountyDem Dec 2014 #4

Instead of a Keystone pipeline, why not a water pipeline? iscooterliberally Dec 2014 #5

I live on the Great Lakes and every now and then someone suggests something like that - I don't jwirr Dec 2014 #7

I agree that there would be a huge fight about it. iscooterliberally Dec 2014 #8

Happy New Year. Hope we can all get something done this year on some of these issues. jwirr Dec 2014 #10

They are already moving here... americannightmare Dec 2014 #9

I doubt native Californians will move east. upaloopa Dec 2014 #12

Hey! Land in Detroit is cheap - could be the new silicon valley! hollysmom Dec 2014 #14

I have always liked Detroit. upaloopa Dec 2014 #16

Why pipe it from somewhere else? Why not just produce it? eggplant Dec 2014 #13

I was just throwing ideas around. Desalinization sounds good. iscooterliberally Dec 2014 #17

found this article from earlier this year eggplant Dec 2014 #19

Because piping enough water to make a dent would require insane amounts of energy we don't have NickB79 Dec 2014 #18

A few weeks ago there was a post here on upaloopa Dec 2014 #11

well, people have been working on causing this drought for a long time hollysmom Dec 2014 #15

Here's one from a week ago OnlinePoker Dec 2014 #20