If you are talking about Kalifornia, it wasn't because of a free market but rather because of political stupidity that interfered with the free market. As usual the problem was the government interference.
Baloney! The lakes created are a boon to mankind (and animals). The control of flooding again is a boon. But you are correct that nuclear is the safest and best at present as a solution for energy. Southern Kalifornia desperately needs for more dams to be put up for saving what water as it get.
Sorry but I don't believe the problem of beach erosion has anything to do with Dams particularly dams on the Snake and the Colorado or any one of hundreds of other rivers. Your source is heavily leftist which is heavy on emotion not facts.
That sounds good in theory, but in reality it's freedom of water use vs. freedom of growth. You can't have both in infinite supply. There have already been modern wars fought over freshwater supplies, and they'll become more frequent in the future.As long as the people using the water are paying for it, then leave them alone. If they're stealing it or otherwise not paying for what they're using it, then go after them.
Whatever the source of the water shortage is, imposing usage limits and arresting people who use water "wastefully" is not the answer. Allowing the free market to prevail is.
Nope, my post wasn't about politics in the least.
., marin.k12.ca.us, or marin county k thru 12 school system. How are they leftist?
That sounds good in theory, but in reality it's freedom of water use vs. freedom of growth. You can't have both in infinite supply. There have already been modern wars fought over freshwater supplies, and they'll become more frequent in the future.
Florida is rapidly running out of fresh water suitable for drinking. Lawn watering across the state is the factor almost singularly responsible for Orlando trying to pull water out of the St. Johns River, which flows directly north through Jacksonville. Pulling lots of water out of the river would royally screw up a lot of things that depend on it. What was once a fringe issue for a few econuts has become a charged debate, with 90%+ people in Jacksonville being fairly solidly against it. Orlando, in the meantime, is really thirsty.
This isn't a problem created just by Orlando. We've all contributed to it over the years by pissing perfectly good water away on our grass as if the whole world is full of it. Meanwhile, our grass just sits there and looks stupid. Atlanta has a similar problem, and in a desert area like California, it can only be worse. Although it seems stupid, there's a lot of justification for cutting back on water use.
What's the alternative? Everyone just dehydrate? Water is now, and always has been, a survival issue.
So far that seems to be the case. However, Jacksonville may yet be motivated to lay siege to Orlando if you don't get your Mickey mitts off our river. :laugh:I failed to mention in response to a couple of earlier posts that I'm willing to bet that in the places where wars are being fought over water, none of them have a capitalist system. Any takers?
I was talking about your link. Wikipedia is not a reliable source. Do you know anything about marin county? I don't know of many more leftist counties in Kalifornia. It is difficult to talk about dams affecting beach erosion when so many rivers don't flow into the areas where the beach erosion is taking place. Tell me again how dams on the Snake River affect beach erosion. Tell me how putting a dam on the Ohio or the Payette or any number of the hundreds of rivers is affecting beach erosion.
So far that seems to be the case. However, Jacksonville may yet be motivated to lay siege to Orlando if you don't get your Mickey mitts off our river. :laugh:
It is difficult to talk about dams affecting beach erosion with someone who knows nothing about beach nourishment. Last time I checked, the Snake river still flows into the Columbia river that flows to the ocean and deposits sediment in its gulf, as does every other river that eventually makes its way to the ocean. As for the others, if they don't "hook up" with another river then they end either underground or in a lake where they deposit their sediment. Do you realize that many rivers flow underground? Do you understand why they dredge harbors? I don't believe the concept is difficult.
This is one reason that hurricanes like Katrina are becoming so devastating - the erosion of the outlying reefs and dunes and other sand structures that have normally protected low-lying areas have slowly but surely disappeared, often because the sediments aren't reaching the coasts any longer
Going to where it's cheaper and more plentiful - the river - in this case will cause salt water intrusion and greater concentrations of pollutants in Jacksonville's part of the river, which in turn leads to red tide. That's a very bad solution to a problem that doesn't need to exist.I rest my case. Capitalism will prevail any time a commodity becomes scarce, because it's the best way to allocate that commodity. In this case, it'll dictate that people need to go to where it is cheaper and more plentiful.
I rest my case. Capitalism will prevail any time a commodity becomes scarce, because it's the best way to allocate that commodity. In this case, it'll dictate that people need to go to where it is cheaper and more plentiful.
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