[quote=barnaby33]
Infrastructure, whether it’s for water, oil, moving cars, what-have-you, takes time to build; even if funded now.[/quote]
If we don’t start, we will never finish.
[quote=barnaby33]there just isn’t enough to go around at a price people are willing to pay.[/quote]
What you’re willing to pay and what I’m willing to pay could and probably is totally different.
[quote=barnaby33] Otherwise those magical desalination plants would already exist.[/quote]
Wrong, those plants doesn’t exist because environmentalist prevent them from being built. Just look at the Huntington Beach proposal as a prime example of what’s happening now.
[quote=barnaby33]Pumping water is insanely expensive, so is desalination. Maybe with fusion the cost will drop enough that you can have your acre green lawn and 20 minute showers along with fresh fruit and veg from half a state away. I am terrible at predicting the future. I have however studied water somewhat, having grown up on a failed apple farm in Valley Center. [/quote]Again, your definition of expensive is different than mine.
[quote=barnaby33]Did you know AN that the majority of water consumed in the central valley for irrigation is pumped up from the ground?[/quote]
Yes, I do know that. If you say, lets ban farmers from pumping water from the ground, then I can understand where you want to go w/ the solution. I don’t agree with it, but I would understand.
[quote=barnaby33]That’s not water income, that’s water inheritance and it is running out FAST! How hurt will your feelings be when the regional water authority tells you you only get to water your lawn 2 times a week or even a month?[/quote]Nothing new, LA is already doing it and SD did it before. I won’t be hurt. I don’t agree with it, but there are many things I don’t agree with, but that’s life. I fully expect CA government will do it in the future. We have no appetite to increase supply, so I fully expect rationing in the future. It’s not a matter of “if”, but it’s a matter of “when”. When that happened, I’ll convert to artificial turf. Not going to lose sleep over it. Life moves on. No sweat off my back. I’m adaptable. I don’t stress about things that I can’t control.
[quote=barnaby33]Will your wants be satisfied be imposed restrictions because it just isn’t there and we collectively didn’t take steps to stop what we reasonably see coming?[/quote]
If we don’t take steps to increase supply, then we reap what we sow.
