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March 2, 2009 at 3:13 PM #359157March 2, 2009 at 6:01 PM #359252
Eugene
Participant[quote=EconProf]If I remember correctly from the news reports, a lot of the water cutbacks for CA farmers are due to the need to protect a certain fish–a type of smelt, I believe.
Because it is allegedly an endangered species, the water cannot be diverted towards agriculture as this will hurt the remaining smelt. Farmers need to get smart and be declared an endangered species.[/quote]There are other ways to deal with the problem … a few tons of DDT dumped into Suisun Bay in early summer should do the trick. Or maybe some smuggled piranhas.
Seriously though, we need to build a desalinization plant…
March 2, 2009 at 6:01 PM #359289Eugene
Participant[quote=EconProf]If I remember correctly from the news reports, a lot of the water cutbacks for CA farmers are due to the need to protect a certain fish–a type of smelt, I believe.
Because it is allegedly an endangered species, the water cannot be diverted towards agriculture as this will hurt the remaining smelt. Farmers need to get smart and be declared an endangered species.[/quote]There are other ways to deal with the problem … a few tons of DDT dumped into Suisun Bay in early summer should do the trick. Or maybe some smuggled piranhas.
Seriously though, we need to build a desalinization plant…
March 2, 2009 at 6:01 PM #359391Eugene
Participant[quote=EconProf]If I remember correctly from the news reports, a lot of the water cutbacks for CA farmers are due to the need to protect a certain fish–a type of smelt, I believe.
Because it is allegedly an endangered species, the water cannot be diverted towards agriculture as this will hurt the remaining smelt. Farmers need to get smart and be declared an endangered species.[/quote]There are other ways to deal with the problem … a few tons of DDT dumped into Suisun Bay in early summer should do the trick. Or maybe some smuggled piranhas.
Seriously though, we need to build a desalinization plant…
March 2, 2009 at 6:01 PM #359111Eugene
Participant[quote=EconProf]If I remember correctly from the news reports, a lot of the water cutbacks for CA farmers are due to the need to protect a certain fish–a type of smelt, I believe.
Because it is allegedly an endangered species, the water cannot be diverted towards agriculture as this will hurt the remaining smelt. Farmers need to get smart and be declared an endangered species.[/quote]There are other ways to deal with the problem … a few tons of DDT dumped into Suisun Bay in early summer should do the trick. Or maybe some smuggled piranhas.
Seriously though, we need to build a desalinization plant…
March 2, 2009 at 6:01 PM #358809Eugene
Participant[quote=EconProf]If I remember correctly from the news reports, a lot of the water cutbacks for CA farmers are due to the need to protect a certain fish–a type of smelt, I believe.
Because it is allegedly an endangered species, the water cannot be diverted towards agriculture as this will hurt the remaining smelt. Farmers need to get smart and be declared an endangered species.[/quote]There are other ways to deal with the problem … a few tons of DDT dumped into Suisun Bay in early summer should do the trick. Or maybe some smuggled piranhas.
Seriously though, we need to build a desalinization plant…
March 3, 2009 at 3:20 AM #359609DoJC
ParticipantThis is the part that should scare out state legislators and assemblymen:
A University of California study takes stock of what to expect: Up to $2.2 billion could be lost in the Central Valley this year, and up to 80,000 jobs.
With the recent massive increase in taxes, fear of unemployment, stock market losses and overall instability of our economy people will already reduce spending considerably. Now, not only do we have a severe water shortage coming, but another multi-billion dollar shortfall on our state budget.
March 3, 2009 at 3:20 AM #359164DoJC
ParticipantThis is the part that should scare out state legislators and assemblymen:
A University of California study takes stock of what to expect: Up to $2.2 billion could be lost in the Central Valley this year, and up to 80,000 jobs.
With the recent massive increase in taxes, fear of unemployment, stock market losses and overall instability of our economy people will already reduce spending considerably. Now, not only do we have a severe water shortage coming, but another multi-billion dollar shortfall on our state budget.
March 3, 2009 at 3:20 AM #359749DoJC
ParticipantThis is the part that should scare out state legislators and assemblymen:
A University of California study takes stock of what to expect: Up to $2.2 billion could be lost in the Central Valley this year, and up to 80,000 jobs.
With the recent massive increase in taxes, fear of unemployment, stock market losses and overall instability of our economy people will already reduce spending considerably. Now, not only do we have a severe water shortage coming, but another multi-billion dollar shortfall on our state budget.
March 3, 2009 at 3:20 AM #359645DoJC
ParticipantThis is the part that should scare out state legislators and assemblymen:
A University of California study takes stock of what to expect: Up to $2.2 billion could be lost in the Central Valley this year, and up to 80,000 jobs.
With the recent massive increase in taxes, fear of unemployment, stock market losses and overall instability of our economy people will already reduce spending considerably. Now, not only do we have a severe water shortage coming, but another multi-billion dollar shortfall on our state budget.
March 3, 2009 at 3:20 AM #359465DoJC
ParticipantThis is the part that should scare out state legislators and assemblymen:
A University of California study takes stock of what to expect: Up to $2.2 billion could be lost in the Central Valley this year, and up to 80,000 jobs.
With the recent massive increase in taxes, fear of unemployment, stock market losses and overall instability of our economy people will already reduce spending considerably. Now, not only do we have a severe water shortage coming, but another multi-billion dollar shortfall on our state budget.
March 3, 2009 at 3:21 AM #359619DoJC
ParticipantAlso, not sure if anyone caught this Bloomberg article, but it paints another bleak water picture for us in CA:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a_b86mnWn9.w
March 3, 2009 at 3:21 AM #359175DoJC
ParticipantAlso, not sure if anyone caught this Bloomberg article, but it paints another bleak water picture for us in CA:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a_b86mnWn9.w
March 3, 2009 at 3:21 AM #359761DoJC
ParticipantAlso, not sure if anyone caught this Bloomberg article, but it paints another bleak water picture for us in CA:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a_b86mnWn9.w
March 3, 2009 at 3:21 AM #359655DoJC
ParticipantAlso, not sure if anyone caught this Bloomberg article, but it paints another bleak water picture for us in CA:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a_b86mnWn9.w
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