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The Federal government, influenced by the United Nations, is stealing American land and resources as Agenda 21 Sustainable Development is implemented in all states. Sustainable Development seems appealing and desirable on the surface, but it is actually a plot to erase humans entirely from 50% of American land, with a ban on extraction of resources, like water! An example of this is playing out right now in California, regarding the man made drought.
Originally posted by Maxmars
I think we should be really examining this culture of 'green lawns' which have no natural equivalent. Why we insist that we should have green lawns or we're not good or considerate neighbors, I'll never know.
Originally posted by D.E.M.
reply to post by oconnection
So you want to drain water from yet another state to support a man-made ecosystem that is buckling under its own weight? Just to support the rapacious desire of California to have its paradise in a desert.
Are you going to suggest draining the Great Lakes and tanker trucking them across the continent next?
Originally posted by arbiture
reply to post by oconnection
A shortage is a shortage. At the end of the day it comes down to how much your willing to pay for fresh water. In my case a lot. So they got me the short hairs. Why no discussion as to using renewable or nuclear power sources to produce fresh water drawn from the Pacific Thats the large body of water to the west...(yes I know I'm a smart ass).
Originally posted by oconnection
Originally posted by D.E.M.
reply to post by oconnection
So you want to drain water from yet another state to support a man-made ecosystem that is buckling under its own weight? Just to support the rapacious desire of California to have its paradise in a desert.
Firstly the only reason why we have to do this in the first place is due the the environmental restrictions, we can't look for our own water supply! So our only option is to unfortunately pipe it down.
No, the great lakes are already fresh. Anyway the size of the Pacific gives us some breathing room.
Are you going to suggest draining the Great Lakes and tanker trucking them across the continent next?
For the area I live in I can suggest a few solutions. Lift some of the environmental restrictions so we can develop our own sustainable water supply. In LA most of our rain water runs out to sea, why not process it, filter it and use it?
I do see your point but there is a larger issue at hand here.
Originally posted by D.E.M.
reply to post by oconnection
The federal restrictions are in place because there are other inhabitants of the state, plants and animals, that matter just as much as the humans do if not more so. If you look at your chart you are already utilizing 52% of the water produced by the ecology. Would you use 98% and watch the land wither around you? Should nature die of thirst so your lawn can remain green and a few more immigrants can eat? Get a grip, there is a reason that water is protected: So that your state doesn't turn into a lifeless Sahara with LA at it's edge.
[edit on 30-9-2009 by D.E.M.]
Originally posted by D.E.M.
It also does not produce 50% of the worlds food. Nor 50 of North America's food. Not even 50% of the food supply for the USA.
[edit on 30-9-2009 by D.E.M.]
Originally posted by oconnection
Originally posted by Maxmars
I think we should be really examining this culture of 'green lawns' which have no natural equivalent. Why we insist that we should have green lawns or we're not good or considerate neighbors, I'll never know.
Rubbish, personal use of the water supply in California, ie domestic use accounts for just 11% percent of the water supply. The biggest portion of the water supply is for the "environment", second is for agriculture.
California’s water usage is divided as follows:
48 % Environmental (federally regulated)
41 % Agricultural
11 % Urban
The two of you seem to have your minds already made up, do you consider the possibility that the water supply is manipulated? It's not a matter of not being able to get more water, the water is there, waiting to be pumped but it's not.
Please go over the provided article, do your own research, ect.
[edit on 30-9-2009 by oconnection]
Originally posted by oconnection
Originally posted by arbiture
reply to post by oconnection
A shortage is a shortage. At the end of the day it comes down to how much your willing to pay for fresh water. In my case a lot. So they got me the short hairs. Why no discussion as to using renewable or nuclear power sources to produce fresh water drawn from the Pacific Thats the large body of water to the west...(yes I know I'm a smart ass).
Why do people seem to be completely blind to the obvious? A shortage because of there simply isn't water is one thing, this is a shortage because the government decides so. California has vast amounts of water that often times just runs into the sea totally un-utilized. This is not because we are lazy or unable but often it's due because of the restrictions put upon the state from the Federal government.
Originally posted by D.E.M.
The federal restrictions are in place because there are other inhabitants of the state, plants and animals, that matter just as much as the humans do if not more so. If you look at your chart you are already utilizing 52% of the water produced by the ecology. Would you use 98% and watch the land wither around you? Should nature die of thirst so your lawn can remain green and a few more immigrants can eat? Get a grip, there is a reason that water is protected: So that your state doesn't turn into a lifeless Sahara with LA at it's edge.
[edit on 30-9-2009 by D.E.M.]