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Originally Posted by Coach

California isn't the only place that needs water.

The US can get oil inside its own borders too, has that prevented them from invading foreign nations for it? De-salinization comes with its own challenges of energy production, environmental impact and waste. Is there enough plants to actually combat worsening conditions? It doesn't seem like there is or there wouldn't be drought problems. How long does it take to build enough to meet their long-term water needs? The thing about water is that it's something no one really worries about until it's a problem. It won't be "oh hey we got 10 years of water left, we should build more de-salinization plants." It will be millions of people running out of water at once. And then they all need water within 3 days. How expensive or convenient it is won't matter.

And the US isn't the only place on Earth with this problem. We can't afford to be naive about holding most of the world's most precious (and dwindling) resource.

Its at that point where we call Kevin Costner and he'll sort it all out. Presumably all while grumbling about how nobody liked his movie and now they're all figuring it out!