Climate change problems are here

[timski 80]

On 7/22/2021 at 10:22 AM, billvon said:

Back to the topic - 

Needles, CA, a city in the California desert (and famous for where Snoopy's brother lived) is now down to one working well, due to overpumping and the warming climate.  The pump for it runs 90% of the time, indicating it is very close to its limit.  Once that hits 100%, people there will see periodic water shutdowns.  Note that this is WITH an aggressive water conservation program.

We will see this more and more often as water supplies run dry - and there's nothing to replenish them with,

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-07-20/needles-california-fights-drought-along-colorado-river

 

The focus shouldn't be in poe dunk needles, but the water usage for the entire state of CA. Half of that goes to the valley, to grow BILLIONS of dollars of produce to feed the country and abroad(?).  The story of the Sultan sea SHOULD have been a wake up, a long time ago. Greed blinds...