The Hypocricy Of The Water Crisis

It's all well and good to complain about the state the world is in and all the high-level corruption that's going on, but while our attention is focused on the never-ended BS we fail to notice what we should be aware of; water. Our life's blood.

We're in a water crisis that TPTB do little to nothing to mitigate. Instead of moving away from wasting our water resources, the exploitation keeps escalating.

This came to my attention recently:

Vegetable Prices Soar 40% as Crops Fail Under Extreme Weather
The cost of produce in the U.S. is continuing to rise as crops dwindle from increasing levels of climate change. The decreasing amount of snow and rain has dwindled in recent years, moving into its 23rd year of drought, causing the Colorado River to shrink, according to research by Nature Climate Change. [gizmodo.com...]

We never hear the whole story. This came to my attention a couple of weeks ago:

Water has become so scarce in Arizona and neighboring states that plans have been floated to pump water from the Mississippi River across the country to supply drought-stricken residents. Fondomonte in particular has become a flashpoint in statewide water politics, with the Democratic candidate for attorney general, Kris Mayes, calling for an investigation and possible sanction on the Saudi company’s water use. [theintercept.com...]

That's right; our water is being sold to Saudi Arabia so they can grow alfalfa and ship it to their country to feed their livestock.

Water from the Colorado River is sold to other states and Mexico. Nesttle's uses millions of gallons to put in plastic bottles and sell for 90% profit.
Think fracking has ended and their use of millions of gallons has stopped? Think again.

Hoover Dam is at record lows, and still dropping.

Over 350,000 acres of California farm land sat idle this year because there wasn't enough water to grow crops. People can only water their lawns for a set number of hours and days per week, yet those in a higher income bracket can fill their swimming pools.
Water features and statuary are everywhere, as if there's no end to the water supply. Los Vegas with their fantastic water shows is pretty decadent for an area in the midst of a water crisis. Priorities, I guess.

Scientists believed the ice ages and the climate changes in the Sahara were produced by events triggered by changes in the Earth's orbits and rotations based on the fact the timing of the climate changes have correlated with the changes in the Earth’s tilt and rotation. Sometimes when the Earth approached close to the sun or the tilt of the Earth exposed the Northern Hemisphere to more sunlight the African monsoon shifted northward or the Mediterranean winds to shift south.

The history of our earth tells us what will happen, and yet water waste continues.

Beginning around 7,000 years the Sahara began changing from a savannah to a desert. The climates changes in the Sahara occurred in two episodes — the first 6,700 to 5,500 years ago and the second 4,000 to 3,600 years ago. These changed are may have occurred when the African monsoons and Mediterranean winds returned to their normal locations.

[factsanddetails.com...]

Ancient civilizations have collapsed from drought and their refusal to adapt to the earth's changing climate. Reading the following link will make anyone feel like a psychic predicting the future.

Crisis on the Nile: Global warming and overuse threaten Africa’s longest river [www.france24.com...]

Governments always seem to spend money putting Band-aids on the symptoms of a problem, and never deal with the cause-or even bring public awareness to it.

This should probably be in the rant forum since I have no answers, and nobody seems to be addressing the issue in any meaningful way.

a reply to: nugget1

Careful somone might come and use "water" to justify zee bugz, over the steak.

When they started to privatize springs all over the globe, i knew something was coming down the water drain in a couple of years...
There is great documentary called "bottled life" that adresses the issue of potable water and it's privatization.

it's all climate change, so shut your face. Pay your fees, and just understand that unless we redistribute the wealth (from the lower and middle class) we are all doomed. I mean, Good Lord, at this pace, we won't have any more polar bears in 2015.

And whatever you do, don't look into why the water is so scarce in southern California. It's also climate change and you shouldn't look any further than that.

Sounds quite weird that water is shipped from US to Saudi Arabia. To country what orders killing journalist .

Dont they had low water in China this year also ?

a reply to: nugget1

I could never understand how even though expensive, turn down a desalination plant.

www.reuters.com...

COSTA MESA, Calif., May 12 (Reuters) - California regulators on Thursday rejected a $1.4 billion desalination plant on environmental grounds, dealing a setback to Governor Gavin Newsom, who had supported the project as a partial solution for the state's sustained drought.

Even Saudi Arabia has the tech to desalinate sea water.

S&F.

I have never understood watering the lawn. Learn to plant lawns what will grow where you are growing it without additional water.

I had used my pool for watering my garden all summer. I have not put chemicals in it for over 5 years so it is really an above ground pond. I dumped some water to keep it from overflowing in the spring and the level came back up while I was using it for the garden.

Plan the use amount below the supply amount and it all works out. And stop watering plants you don't eat or use for other purposes besides decoration.

a reply to: Terpene

Many places also made it illegal to collect rain water-another clue?

originally posted by: Kenzo
Sounds quite weird that water is shipped from US to Saudi Arabia. To country what orders killing journalist .

Dont they had low water in China this year also ?

Alfalfa is grown in Arizona ( a dry, desert climate not well suited to a crop that requires copious amounts of water), then the harvested alfalfa is shipped to S.A......while our own livestock feed is in dangerously short supply.

Many ranchers have had to sell off their livestock because they can't get the hay needed to winter over, or can't afford it.

a reply to: beyondknowledge

My lawn is not real grass, it's beautifully cut crab grass. Don't know where my yuccas came from, but here in Pittsburgh they get way more water than Yucca Mountain.

I don't like to discuss my bathing habits, but I'm French. I do wash up every day.

I don't mind wearing the same pair of jeans more than 2 days.

Underwear is where I draw the line. Must be changed daily.... Twice if necessary.

a reply to: beyondknowledge

I had used my pool for watering my garden all summer.

I have always been fascinated with aquaponics, because I love fish and I'm lazy.
Everybody with 4 feet of yard space could be growing their own produce, and there are even kits now for doing it indoors.

An aquaponics system grows both fish and plants that can be harvested sustainably," said David Landkamer, an aquaculture specialist with the Oregon State University Sea Grant Extension program. "It's an elegant system.

[extension.oregonstate.edu...]

originally posted by: nugget1
a reply to: Terpene

Many places also made it illegal to collect rain water-another clue?

Well don't look at BeyondKnowledge .

Ixné onthé aqua collecté.🤫🤫🤫

a reply to: nugget1

ah ok i read it wrong .

It doesn't help that the water contracts are for more water than the CR river can possibly deliver. Cutbacks are slated to begin next year, but we all know how that goes....

Maybe Saudi Arabia should grow their own cattle feed; it seems crazy that it would be cheaper to pay to use our land and resources, plus shipping costs.

In 2014, 67 percent of California voters approved Proposition 1 to fund water storage projects. Eight years later, not a single project has begun construction. Meanwhile, in Southern California, a proposed desalination plant in Huntington Beach that could produce 60,000 acre-feet per year of fresh water from the ocean has been held up by a mostly hostile bureaucracy and litigation for over 20 years. As you read this, the project faces another major hurdle—on May 12, the California Coastal Commission Board might defy the recommendation of its staff and grant “final” approval. But the board’s approval may come with so many conditions that, in effect, it would be another denial. Another possibility is the army of litigants that for years have opposed the plant will find yet another basis for a lawsuit.
[californiapolicycenter.org...]

6 wee ks ago on a clear sky in wi several high flying jets wen t back and and forth every which way creating a hazy overcast sky
i am thinking they are derailing evaporation so we dont the rainfall we need for the water supply
on every other day i look up_ nada no jets fly over like that

If you stop Nestl...... eerr private water companies from taking the vast majority of water out of the rivers and aquifers you might have enough water for what you need. There aint no shortage of water in the world it's only short in the places you want it to be.

a reply to: Bigburgh

Underwear is where I draw the line. Must be changed daily.... Twice if necessary.

you know if you turn them inside out, you can get two days out of them to.

a reply to: nugget1

It is not just a river but the entire south west aquifer that ends supplying the Colorado River.

And it has been going on for years; all the while screwing over the Native Americans by making it illegal to drill into the water aquifer beneath their own land!!

Here is a review of the situation:

amp.theguardian.com...

a reply to: nugget1

The same TPTB that recently pushed for a price cap on Russia's energy.
I am sure that has nothing to do with the current high prices in food, water supplies.

a reply to: BernnieJGato

I don't know if that idea will stick.

The decreasing amount of snow and rain has dwindled in recent years, moving into its 23rd year of drought [gizmodo.com...]

You're right, we never hear the whole story:

www.nbclosangeles.com...
California's statewide snowpack level is more than 200 percent above normal for this time of year after powerful December storms blanketed the Sierra Nevada Mountains with snow.
The statewide snowpack, a critical measurement for water resources managers, reached 223 percent of normal for Monday.