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08-05-2016, 08:22
Great-Kazoo

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Originally Posted by roberth

Aren't farms for human consumption?

Government logic isn't.

IT'S PEOPLE !

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08-05-2016, 08:36
Honey Badger282.8

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Originally Posted by Aloha_Shooter

Absolutely no mention of how California could and should handle the Salton Sea and Imperial Valley dust by having the state (or municipalities trying to steal the water) pay for soil decontamination and mitigation. It's expensive but technically feasible. They mentioned how California had been taking more than its share of Colorado River water but glossed over how California and the Clinton Administration tried to get the feds to adjust the Colorado River Compact to seal its water theft into future rights. They also completely failed to mention self-described environmentalists trying to lock in tons of water for species protection.

They did did touch on it a bit. The Imperial Valley was out negotiated, they don't have the funds to do many minor efficiency upgrades to the current water system let alone a major on to fix the Salton Sea. I thought the piece put most of the blame on the municipalities using the water and the state of California. They alluded to it again when it was said that it's a political battle, one that the poor and sparsely populated Imperial Valley can't win in Sacramento.

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Originally Posted by Aloha_Shooter

It left the New Mexico project somewhat unresolved: showed resident concerns with trying to lock in their current water rights instead of having it all go to Arizona golf courses but gave the arguments from the opposition. This is reality -- there just isn't a good solution to that dilemma.

Agreed. It did a good job of showing how much of a boondoggle the water diversion project is but it didn't talk about some of the more feasible alternatives being proposed, none of which use water diversion.
08-05-2016, 11:32
brutal

Missed the first 15 minutes but DVR/Watched the rest later.

Informative. Some of it played like an investment infomercial for the marketing of water.
08-05-2016, 12:37
Aloha_Shooter

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Originally Posted by brutal

Missed the first 15 minutes but DVR/Watched the rest later.

Informative. Some of it played like an investment infomercial for the marketing of water.

I think that was more the Water Rights Management corporation trying to do some PR and not be portrayed as vultures. The producer/author was definitely an activist and admitted he was was seeking solutions but I think he honestly was trying to give a balanced presentation. Any imbalance was (IMO) a result of his just not recognizing/realizing some of the BS behind some of the CA gov or envirogoon squad agenda.
08-05-2016, 13:38
BushMasterBoy

We could all save the earth by peeing in the backyard.
08-05-2016, 13:55
CS1983

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Originally Posted by BushMasterBoy

We could all save the earth by peeing in the backyard.

See, this is sensible. We could save it even more by taking a crap on the governor's desk.
08-05-2016, 16:05
roberth

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Originally Posted by CavSct1983

See, this is sensible. We could save it even more by taking a crap on the governor's desk.

Taco Bell - here we come. :)
08-06-2016, 08:29
Jeffrey Lebowski

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Originally Posted by GilpinGuy

From the title of the post, I thought would be about the immigration of douche-bags from slave states.

lol, likewise

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