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Hmmm it's a good thing you elected a president who believes in climate change
Breaking News Pacific Palisades currently under an evacuation order due to the fast-moving, wind-driven fires which has burned more than 200 acres in Cali
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LurkerSix
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This isnt all on Newsom, this started before him.
For years, they been warning & trying to get the water waste under control and those giant farm corporations are the heavy hitters for water waste, not regular people. They just continue to use as much water as they want for water heavy crops, and just lawyer up if they try and change it.
All so they dont see a dip in potential profits. IDK how they thought this wouldnt affect them, but now it is. Now because of the long drought because the water over use, farmers are starting to lose fertile land.
If you doubt me look it up. Alfalfa, Almonds, Pistachios & Cotton use a lot of water, and the rich famers who grow that stuff dont give a fuck if it dries up the whole state.
Inori
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I remeber reading a while back how much water it takes for almonds.. crazy
ThaManMythLegnd
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Newsom has been a disaster with CA fires since he took office. He messed up with the NorCal fire years back so bad he almost got recalled. This has everything to do with Sacramento, blaming corporations is a talking point. Everytime infrastructure in this state get funded it gets diverted or just doesn't happen. Both state and local. The Fire chief literally said in his press conference that the FD hasn't been given enough and unprepared. Our fire hydrants ran out of water in areas.
It's a shitshow
Inori
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wouldnt corporations using up a buncha water have a direct impact on this?
Might not be the ENTIRE issue but it seems like it might be more than just a talking point like ur implying
ThaManMythLegnd
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Corporations haven't used up our water, where are you getting that from. Our shitty politicians didn't allocate properly.
Inori
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I was asking a question not making a statement. If they(corporations) didnt use the water up.. why are hydrants out of water? Are politicians allocating where the water goes?
SneakDZA
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It's really difficult to understand the point you're trying to make. If factory farms are using more than their fair share of water and also impacting the environment in a way that makes ideal conditions for aggressive wildfires... what would you do as a politician to address that?
theanointedone
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Doesn't Kim Kardashian live in the area? Gee I hope she's alright. I want to be there to cuddle with her.
LurkerSix
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They could use drip irrigation that conserves a ton of water, but it would cost them money to install it. So they continue to just run those huge sprinklers or worse, just open the pipe and flood the fields.
Some other stuff on this.
Long read but worth it.
www.reviewjournal.com
Some other stuff on this.
Long read but worth it.
20 farming families use more water from the Colorado River than some states
Tens of millions of people — and millions of acres of farmland — rely on the Colorado River’s water. But as its supply shrinks, these farmers get more water from the river than entire states.
www.reviewjournal.com
In the California desert, a farm baron is building a water and energy empire
The full story of Mike Abatti's influence over the desert's Colorado River water, agriculture and energy hasn't been told. Until now.
www.desertsun.com
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ThaManMythLegnd
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They could use drip irrigation that conserves a ton of water, but it would cost them money to install it. So they continue to just run those huge sprinklers or worse, just open the pipe and flood the fields.
Some other stuff on this.
Long read but worth it.
20 farming families use more water from the Colorado River than some states
Tens of millions of people — and millions of acres of farmland — rely on the Colorado River’s water. But as its supply shrinks, these farmers get more water from the river than entire states.
In the California desert, a farm baron is building a water and energy empire
The full story of Mike Abatti's influence over the desert's Colorado River water, agriculture and energy hasn't been told. Until now.www.desertsun.com
Fam just stop. None of this has to do with what's going on. It's an infrastructure issue between or politicians and utilities. It's not new. Farmers have zero to do with the failures of people like DWP and Edison, or Newsom and Sacramento. point blank, they didn't fill the reservoir and could have. People should be resigning over this shit
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