The Worst Hard Time

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kingricefan

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Jul 11, 2006
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Sadly, we haven't learned much from the experience. The current practices of agribusiness are draining the Ogallala Aquifer with some reports saying it is being drained at 8 times faster than nature's ability to refill it. At the current rate, this aquifer which supplies about 30% of the nation's irrigation water will be completely dry within a century if something isn't done to stop it.
It's going to all of the bottled water we consume......
 

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Ms. Mod
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Jul 10, 2006
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Even worse, it's going to crops a large majority of which we send overseas and they then process and sell back to us so we're getting screwed going and coming. If the guilt card about the legacy we are leaving for our children needs to be played, that would be a very good occasion for it.
 

kingricefan

All-being, keeper of Space, Time & Dimension.
Jul 11, 2006
30,011
127,446
Spokane, WA
Even worse, it's going to crops a large majority of which we send overseas and they then process and sell back to us so we're getting screwed going and coming. If the guilt card about the legacy we are leaving for our children needs to be played, that would be a very good occasion for it.
Capitalism rules, right Marsha? When noone looks at the big picture like that it makes it all the worse to rectify it later on down the road. All the mucky-mucks in DC just don't seem to care because the worst you-know-what to hit the fan won't happen till they're all dead and gone. They're supposed to be watching out for this type of stuff and all they seem to see is how much personal $$$ they can make from their 'deals'. Sigh.....
 

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Ms. Mod
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And the government has been rewarding them through tax incentives for many decades. There are some farmers who are seeing the handwriting on the wall and realize there won't be any value to their land to pass on to their descendants if they continue the status quo so are trying to change their water usage practices but it may be too little, too late.
 

MadamMack

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Apr 11, 2006
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Sadly, we haven't learned much from the experience. The current practices of agribusiness are draining the Ogallala Aquifer with some reports saying it is being drained at 8 times faster than nature's ability to refill it. At the current rate, this aquifer which supplies about 30% of the nation's irrigation water will be completely dry within a century if something isn't done to stop it.

We're our worst enemies. I've enjoyed reading these posts . . .learned a lot more. I've only glanced at the documentaries about the subject but I think reading the book will give me a better understanding.
 

MadamMack

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Apr 11, 2006
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UnParked, UnParked U.S.A.
Even worse, it's going to crops a large majority of which we send overseas and they then process and sell back to us so we're getting screwed going and coming. If the guilt card about the legacy we are leaving for our children needs to be played, that would be a very good occasion for it.

Dolla-dolla bill y'all~ What a crazy way to do things . . .

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