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Heraclitusstudent
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2014 Feb 4, 1:44pm
Agriculture either has to pony up more for water, or stop using so much. It's that simple.
You either have to pay for it, or stop eating the stuff they grow.
Agriculture either has to pony up more for water, or stop using so much. It's that simple.
You either have to pay for it, or stop eating the stuff they grow.
I do pay for it...in the prices of fruits and vegetables. I don't want to both pay for it and have my taxes raised to support some farmer's business. Why do we not question taxpayers subsidizing businesses?
Reduce their watering, or charge more at the store. At least I would have a choice.
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Every couple of years we see stories of huge flooding in the mississippi river region, or the snake river region, or the missouri river region. Meanwhile dams in the west have extreme low levels of water. Meanwhile, politicians are calling for a pipeline project for jobs. Well, why don't we create a huge water pipeline from someplace like St. Louis to the top of the Colorado river on the west side of the Rockies? Smaller regional pipelines could feed to St louis, then when a region starts flooding... Just turn on the pumps.. If we really got our act together we could have a 500 mile long portable deployable pipeline able to be trucked in with 48 hours notice to pipe water to a regional pumping station.
Yes it would cost billions, but it would save billions more in flood damage and also assist with western state droughts. Any idea why no one talks about this kind of thing?