One must remember that people in California are really not that bright. Only a state that has rolling black outs would make every one buy an electric car.
My thought exactly. California has been great at pissing away the water resources it has whilst simultaneously preventing new resources in the form of reservoirs from being built. It's been allowed to exceed its allotment of the Colorado River since the compact of 1922 was formed, and its environmental regulatory quagmire only ensures anything that's done will take decades to complete and many multiples of original budgets in costs (see their "high speed train" fiasco, now costing in excess of $110+ BILLION.) Only morons in California would look to Canada to pipe water from 2000+ km away to slake the thirst of the water they piss out the Sacramento Delta.
I know people from Washington State have always said "no" to the idea of water from the state going to California. I don't remember if anything official was actually done, but it was a big talking point in the 70's and 80's.
The people in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan all have said the same thing and formed the Great Lakes Water Compact that expressly forbids the movement of water out of the Great Lakes to be diverted to other states. Hell, in many lakeside communities of Wisconsin their local county ordinances forbid using Lake Michigan water for municipal purposes. It is what it is.
Where does that water go now? And why would the benefits it brings now not be noticed after a dam is built? Additionally, why cater to glutenous American consumption? "Embrace sufficiency."
It is just a matter of time before the US “invades” one way or the other. No one will come to our rescue. The Borg will absorb us.
One must remember that people in California are really not that bright. Only a state that has rolling black outs would make every one buy an electric car.
My thought exactly. California has been great at pissing away the water resources it has whilst simultaneously preventing new resources in the form of reservoirs from being built. It's been allowed to exceed its allotment of the Colorado River since the compact of 1922 was formed, and its environmental regulatory quagmire only ensures anything that's done will take decades to complete and many multiples of original budgets in costs (see their "high speed train" fiasco, now costing in excess of $110+ BILLION.) Only morons in California would look to Canada to pipe water from 2000+ km away to slake the thirst of the water they piss out the Sacramento Delta.
I know people from Washington State have always said "no" to the idea of water from the state going to California. I don't remember if anything official was actually done, but it was a big talking point in the 70's and 80's.
The people in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan all have said the same thing and formed the Great Lakes Water Compact that expressly forbids the movement of water out of the Great Lakes to be diverted to other states. Hell, in many lakeside communities of Wisconsin their local county ordinances forbid using Lake Michigan water for municipal purposes. It is what it is.
Where does that water go now? And why would the benefits it brings now not be noticed after a dam is built? Additionally, why cater to glutenous American consumption? "Embrace sufficiency."