The first in a series on the Water Wars of California …
… and the rebuttal. The solution is simple, put human life above all other life…
Putting Americans at risk and increasing our dependence on foreign foods? Isn’t that the same thing if we’re forced to import fish?
Check this site out to figure who are the big contributors in favor and against the proposition.
http://cal-access.sos.ca.gov/Campaign/Measures/Detail.aspx?id=1322679&session=2009
But be aware there are numerous ways to donate which are not easily discoverable via the web site.
This is an extremely dangerous situation. It is a time-bomb fused with emotion and packed with money and power. The balance point may be long gone.
I work for a small, rural water utility back east. I have been sure for a long time that water will become the next oil. This is a not too subtile push in that direction.
People do not realize how contrived our existence really is! Southern California was at best semiarid. The water is brought to it. Think about where it had to come from. The consequences to that area and the spiral of imbalance starts to bother the concerned.
I often hear that water should be free. I respond that it is. It’s man’s infrastructure and ingenuity that have allowed us to take great sport with our world. That is what we have to pay for! What we create, can and will break! Everything needs maintenance and appropriate supervision.
To much, to big, to late?!? I hope not. I’m not a fan of over-controlling government and I don’t like mega-business either. There has to be a way to get more people involved. We are never far from disaster and this situation should make that apparent.
OK. I’ll get off my soapbox.