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Comment Re:CA produces over half of US fruits and vegetabl (Score 1) 599

Problem is that most of the oldest water rights are held by farms that produce water-intensive crops.

Stop growing water-intensive crops in a semi-desert.

No, seriously, just stop. ...

No, I meant it.

Meantime, Seattle continues to expand while using 1/4 the water per person that California uses. We use local plants instead of lawns, water deeply once a week, don't water when the sun is up (cuts salt impacts and water use in half), and recycle our grey water.

And our fusion reactor is ready to power the lasers if you try to steal our water. (no, not a joke)

Comment Re:The battle is won. The war continues. (Score 1) 413

It will be back. A little more time. A few more congressmen will be investigated and blackmailed. Small slips of paper with a string of offshore bank account numbers and a dollar figure will mysteriously appear on the desks of some wavering legislators, who know the money will be theirs if they cast a vote for TPP. It's all standard operating procedure in DC.

The oligarchs want this, and by hook or by crook, they'll get it.

How's Greece working out for you?

Or those pipelines?

Oh, yeah, the war is over. The TPP TPIP TAA folks just don't realize it yet.

Comment Re:More like they don't want to succeed (Score 1) 637

As I pointed out, China and Germany are converting old dirty inefficient coal plants to cogeneration and scrubbing for emissions. This uses lower volumes of coal to produce a lot more energy, but the scrubbing is water intensive. Some plants in China are slated for neither, but they are a small minority. The larger scale ones are at least set to go cogeneration (some have already) and, in places near water sources, use scrubbing for emissions.

Hence the (now seen by US exporters) drop in coal use by China. Less input, more output. This will also accelerate in Germany, as we swat the Russian bear.

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