Powerful Images Of California Drought.

[lazybugger]

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/05/us/california-drought-tests-history-of-endless-growth.html?_r=0

 

 

 

 

 

 

[donganaaK]

looks like cali is fcked ....

[lazybugger]

looks like cali is fcked ....

 

not long before there'll be a class struggle for access to water.

 

its scary how many of those row houses have swimming pools when their sorroundings are dry.

[cherlapallifailure]

CBN kutra antunna sakshi and Jaffas....

[mustang302]

kotha kaadhu gaa...prathi yr undae godavae papam...apart from nice weather everything sucks in CA...taxes..droughts..cost of living

[lazybugger]

kotha kaadhu gaa...prathi yr undae godavae papam...apart from nice weather everything sucks in CA...taxes..droughts..cost of living

 

stupidity of engaging in agriculture where water is scarce. agriculture is the biggest consumer of water by a incredibly biggest margin.

 

lesson for idiots in India who argue for farmers in dry regions in rayalaseema, and telangana.

[lazybugger]

when there's a water riot, no one will attack those farms which use up majority water in the state.

 

They'll attack all those houses that have swimming pools :)

[timmy]

[vaade_veedu]

Water wars are there since centuries in Calif...
Recently I saw a movie called Chinatown on the same

[donganaaK]

not long before there'll be a class struggle for access to water.

 

its scary how many of those row houses have swimming pools when their sorroundings are dry.

 

also look at that plush golf course lol ... it takes mindblowing amounts of water to maintain it that way 

[lazybugger]

ofcourse, the images are only from one small part of the state.

 

The even scarier graphic is of water levels in underground aquifers in south and central california.

 

 

[lazybugger]

also look at that plush golf course lol ... it takes mindblowing amounts of water to maintain it that way 

 

killing all the golf courses won't help, unless they cut back on farming water intensive crops.

[lazybugger]

humankind's romanticism with agriculture is the silliest of its afflictions.

 

[donganaaK]

killing all the golf courses won't help, unless they cut back on farming water intensive crops.

 

that the'll have to do soon anyways out of compulsion,  not choice ...

[abhigadu]

But not now itsin much better shape ... This year we had rains and looks awesome scenic .... I loved it anthae!!