More H2Woes from the Golden "Crispy" State
but the whole country, not just California, better wake up and smell the arugala.
...Here are some not-so-fun facts: California's agricultural sector grows approximately one-third of the nation's food supply and is nourished by diverted rivers and streams filled yearly by runoff from its prodigious sierra nevada snowpack, as well as groundwater pumping and other less-reliable methods. that snowpack -- which once sparked the first, but not the last, water war that helped transform a semi-arid Los Angeles into an unsustainable oasis less populous than only new york city -- is disappearing fast....
To make matters worse, a crushing drought, now well into its third year, has made simply everything problematic. In California's Central Valley, home to a majority of the State's agricultural output, farmers are leaving hundreds of thousands of acres fallow, and the resultant economic depression is having a domino effect that could cost California $1 billion to start and is causing residents of a one-time food powerhouse to go hungry. - Alternet
Labels: California, California Agriculture, Climate Change, drought, Global Warming, Los Angeles
Mother Nature wanted most of California to be a desert. A bunch of people decided otherwise and had the advantage of a period of good climate to try and make it so. In the long run Mother Nature wins.
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fallenmonk |
Mon Jun 08, 06:36:00 AM