Reply #61: Ummmmm, OK [View All]

Let me answer...I don't know where you came up with population control. That idea is not part of this discussion.

My point is that the natural qualities of the SW US make it difficult to support a large population.
I stated that the cost to those people who choose to live there is going to be prohibitive in the near future.

Thay have every right to live where they want. I have every right to state the inherent foolishness of thier decision. The facts back me up in this. As another poster said...ther Ogalala aquifer is quickly approaching the point where natural rainfall will not restock it for years.

Add in global warming and the increasing aridity of the region and you have a recipe that will end with a population decline in the region as people move back to established cities with more stable water sources.

My entire point is that these people are just hurting themselves...if they choose to live in the sunny and dry American SW, more power to them. All I am saying is I do not want some grandiose projects pumping water to them from outside the region.

I can, and do, blame them for making an idiotic choice.


Just found this piece written by a gentleman who can put it in better terms than I can.

http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?ItemID=20757

His final sentence sums it up perfectly;

"We will be left with yet another illustration of an all- too-common American mindset: short on vision, mired in denial and unable to comprehend nature's limits."


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