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Originally Posted by Azure
It always interesting to me to observe how California is creating their own drought, while at the same time yelling and screaming at everyone about climate change.
Nuclear plants + desalinization = water. Why is it so hard to understand?
They have a $100 billion dollar budget surplus, so money isn't the issue.
They are on the ocean, so salt water supply isn't the issue.
How can a province with so many resources and money be so dumb when it comes to these things?
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Additional to the post above me correcting a few issues... I get why some would feel California is creating its own drought by depleting the river and ground water.
But isn't the factually incorrect? In the last ~20 years haven't they had less rainfall then any time since like the year 800?
https://www.latimes.com/environment/...-in-1200-years
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The extreme dryness that has ravaged the American West for more than two decades now ranks as the driest 22-year period in at least 1,200 years, and scientists have found that this megadrought is being intensified by humanity’s heating of the planet.
The researchers found the current drought wouldn’t be nearly as severe without global warming. They estimated that 42% of the drought’s severity is attributable to higher temperatures caused by greenhouse gases accumulating in the atmosphere.
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So to wholly blame climate change is a mistake, water management is a huge issue here and only blaming climate change allows those profiting from the current water management plan to get a way with their actions.
But... to ignore climate change as part of the problem as you seem to imply is also a mistake.