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How bad is it gonna get in Cali and how will it affect the rest of us?
Posted on 3/25/15 at 11:26 am
Posted on 3/25/15 at 11:26 am
4 YEARS OF DROUGHT: Images captured by a Yosemite Conservancy webcam, show what 4 years of drought looks like from Half Dome. The photos were taken on March 19th each year from 2012 to 2015
On its own, California would be the world’s ninth-largest agricultural economy, according to a University of California at Davis study. Shifts in its production reverberate globally, said Dan Sumner, another agricultural economist at the school.
On its own, California would be the world’s ninth-largest agricultural economy, according to a University of California at Davis study. Shifts in its production reverberate globally, said Dan Sumner, another agricultural economist at the school.
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Posted on 3/25/15 at 11:42 am to Alahunter
I think its better with less "white" 
Posted on 3/25/15 at 11:42 am to Alahunter
Price of fruits and veggies gonna go thru the roof, glad I'm a meat and potatoes guy
Posted on 3/25/15 at 11:43 am to BlackHelicopterPilot
Yeah but with less "white", there will be death and destruction. 
Posted on 3/25/15 at 11:45 am to BlackHelicopterPilot
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I think its better with less "white"
Thanks Mugabe.
Posted on 3/25/15 at 11:47 am to cokebottleag
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Yeah but with less "white", there will be death and destruction.
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Thanks Mugabe.
This post was edited on 3/25/15 at 11:48 am
Posted on 3/25/15 at 11:51 am to Alahunter
My understanding is the larger concern is where they're going to get water, which is set to run out sooner rather than later. And if it's going to come from other parts of the country then how is that going to work?
This post was edited on 3/25/15 at 12:00 pm
Posted on 3/25/15 at 11:55 am to BluegrassBelle
Hey they chose to live in a waterless wasteland, let em suffer
Posted on 3/25/15 at 11:55 am to Alahunter
Glad I left Southern Cal when I did. My entire family is still there though. Which worries the hell out of me.
Posted on 3/25/15 at 11:55 am to BluegrassBelle
These things are cyclical. It will correct itself. In the mean time, CA should be shifting resources from forcing solar down peoples throat to building more desal plants like the one opening around San Diego next year.
They have all the water they can use, they just have to use it.
They have all the water they can use, they just have to use it.
Posted on 3/25/15 at 11:55 am to Alahunter
The ice will come back. It always does.
Just might not happen in our lifetime.
I suggest you purchase land right now in the south or midwest because when the water runs out in California there will be an influx of Californians planning to move to the area of the country that actually has water.
The "flyover states" will suddenly become important again and the owners of land will become the new oil barons.
Just might not happen in our lifetime.
I suggest you purchase land right now in the south or midwest because when the water runs out in California there will be an influx of Californians planning to move to the area of the country that actually has water.
The "flyover states" will suddenly become important again and the owners of land will become the new oil barons.
This post was edited on 3/25/15 at 12:18 pm
Posted on 3/25/15 at 11:59 am to bamarep
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These things are cyclical. It will correct itself. In the mean time, CA should be shifting resources from forcing solar down peoples throat to building more desal plants like the one opening around San Diego next year. They have all the water they can use, they just have to use it.
I've always wondered why so many people are worried about water when desal plants are the obvious answer. Maybe it's become a political thing like climate change.
Posted on 3/25/15 at 12:03 pm to Kentucker
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I've always wondered why so many people are worried about water when desal plants are the obvious answer. Maybe it's become a political thing like climate change.
Maybe?
Posted on 3/25/15 at 12:06 pm to Vols&Shaft83
Well, you know me and my lack of understanding of humans.
Posted on 3/25/15 at 12:08 pm to Kentucker
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I've always wondered why so many people are worried about water when desal plants are the obvious answer.
It's expensive. Takes energy to freeze the water to get the salt out (boiling being more energy expensive). Not to mention the initial investment and infrastructure necessary.
Posted on 3/25/15 at 12:09 pm to Kentucker
I don't really think you're a robot. Just a Vulcan.
Posted on 3/25/15 at 12:16 pm to Duke
Economies of scale can lower the expense though.
Posted on 3/25/15 at 12:17 pm to genro
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I don't really think you're a robot. Just a Vulcan.
Live long and prosper.
Posted on 3/25/15 at 12:19 pm to Duke
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It's expensive. Takes energy to freeze the water to get the salt out (boiling being more energy expensive). Not to mention the initial investment and infrastructure necessary.
They actually blast the water through micro filters. It is very expensive. It cost about a billion dollars to build one between that and the energy cost water prices go up.
Australia spent $10 billion building six plants during a drought from 1997-2009 four of them are shut down now because when the rains came back the price was noncompetitive.
Posted on 3/25/15 at 12:20 pm to Person of interest
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They actually blast the water through micro filters. It is very expensive. It cost about a billion dollars to build one between that and the energy cost water prices go up
Makes sense a filter would be a better way to do it, but yeah also expensive as hell.
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