How ****ed is the Southwest?
 

I'm sure most people heard about the dead dude found in a barrel in Lake Mead. This underscores the crazy drought conditions that have been plaguing the southwest since 2000 or so. Now, **** appears to be getting real real.

Colorado River Reservoirs Are So Low, Government Will Delay Releases
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/03/c...r-drought.html

Groundbreaking Law Requires Businesses Replace Decorative Grass
https://www.nevadabusiness.com/2022/...orative-grass/

Etc.

Any CP folks actively dealing with this situation?

Build cities in the desert


What could go wrong?

I love living in the sunshine state, the Governors a bad ass and the weathers great, Dums come here to vacay, but we have real freedoms which they can’t equate.

Could have done it in a way that made sense for living in the climate instead of big sprawling oceans of pavement

Yep

Not worried.

They'll ration the agriculture and golf courses first before residential, those make up like 80% of the water usage in AZ.

Or we work on desalination at some point.

I ain't moving.

It's probably not quite as ridiculous as building a city on the coast below sea level in a very hurricane prone area

Maybe they should outlaw all grass watering everywhere because it's the biggest waste of water.

Desalinate first.

You are not getting Lake Superior

But I kind of like agriculture. I use it every day.

We're fine, but thanks for asking!

Doing my part with a synthetic grass and rock lawn

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we'll all be dead in 12 years amirite

yeah because our bags of frozen chicken will cost $1000 a bag by then and we'll all starve to death

If you're interested, here's where science is leading for agriculture.....Finding how to grow the most drought tolerant plants in a place like Phoenix.

This is my best friend from bum-**** Montana. We went to middle and high school together. Now he's a plant biologist looking to save mankind with his research.

https://thepaulilab.com/

Watch the video if you click on the black line about the "wall street journal" at the top.