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Environment & Energy

GreatGazoo

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1. this is driving up the price of farmland in other areas of the country

Reply to MindMover (Original post)

Sat Feb 14, 2015, 09:33 PM

Feb 2015

farming will always migrate to the lowest cost -- so areas that have available water will pick up production from those that don't. De-sal is too pricey so the mega-farms will migrate to the areas that are never mentioned in these gloom and doom articles.

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'Megadrought' threatens U.S. Southwest, Plains in decades to come, says study [View all] MindMover Feb 2015 OP

this is driving up the price of farmland in other areas of the country GreatGazoo Feb 2015 #1

More here… OKIsItJustMe Feb 2015 #2

Back to the future: It Blowed Away... DreamGypsy Feb 2015 #3

It's almost as if people in Canada and the US have no idea of what others are doing around the world nationalize the fed Feb 2015 #4

Kinda hard to build a desal. plant in Oklahoma NickB79 Feb 2015 #5

YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES nt Bigmack Feb 2015 #6

This article gives water requirements for popular foods NickB79 Feb 2015 #7