don't me started about California subsidizing the rest of the country with giving the farmers free water.
That is SOOOOOOOOO true. And completely ignored nationally. You guys have to start monetizing your ground water. It isn't necessarily a renewable supply.
I was driving through the central valley recently. nothing for miles. then we hit a row of almond groves. right next to the driest area possible. it's ****ing ridiculous. residential needs to live on nothing why we use exactly the same amount of water for almonds as the residents use just so the rest of the country has cheap almonds? really?
Stick that crank up your ass, I make more money sitting at my section 8 house, texting my [itch bay]es on my Obama phone, while watching Wendy Williams on my free satellite. Now, go fix me some steak I just bought with my SNAP.
When my Dad worked in construction in Knoxville in the 60s, he would work until he made $100.00 that day - usually about 2:00 - then load up his tools and come to the house. It goes without saying that $100.00 was a lot more money back then than it is now. If I went to work hanging next Monday, I would be doing good to hand 20 boards a day, and I would be too sore to walk Tuesday. It's a young man's game. We were working in a suburb of Washington DC in big residential houses. And even with that kind of money, I was glad to get outta there when the week was done. In a totally unrelated matter, we were hanging drywall in Vero Beach FL in the early 80's and making some good money, until a whole freight train load of Mexicans came in and commenced to hang the drywall. Even back then, I could see the future and it didn't look good.
access to fresh water is going to be the battle ground of the next couple hundred years. the guy that can solve washing clothes and people with minimal water will be the wealthiest guy in the world some day.
Water laws in the West have to catch up. You aren't allowed to recycle your own grey water right now, which is the easiest path for finding ways to solve those non-consumption water use things.
So showering with water that's already been mixed with nutsweat? Things of that nature? [video=youtube;Dv9QljTTB7E]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dv9QljTTB7E[/video]
only certain cities in California have been serious about it. my water bill hasn't really even gone up.
Everything you said is absolutely true except the part where you said what I said isn't true. When things are in the field growing, there is nothing for a hand to do. They spend a lot of time finding or getting to the next site or waiting for the next thing, and all-told it isn't a full-time job. That's the whole "returning to Mexico, then coming back" thing. The migrant part.
Sometimes, and they do that in some places. The water is treated to some extent, but isn't potable. Much of Australia has a similar water situation as the western US. There, the only potable water comes from your kitchen sink and your bathroom sink. Toilets, shower, and anything else are not potable-- doesn't mean it isn't clean and clear subjectively. It wastes a lot of energy and water to make all water used potable just for a lot of it to be sprayed on lawns or for rinsing off your junk. It took a severe water shortage for Australia to enact these changes, and now they are an unnoticeable part of life.
