I don’t necessarily disagree with you, I’m just playing Devil’s advocate:
What about lost jobs, etc., when the Valley reverts to desert? What about the national security arguments of outsourcing our food production? What about the health concerns of having 3rd world nations without health and safety codes growing our food?
>>What about lost jobs, etc., when the Valley reverts to desert?
Better than the alternative of communities without water they would pay more for to survive.
>>What about the national security arguments of outsourcing our food production?
There’s plenty of land for food to sustain the population, and I think we’ll do fine if there were a lettuce embargo.
>What about the health concerns of having 3rd world nations without health and safety codes growing our food?
Inspections, of course. It’s not as if we don’t already import plenty of food from Mexico and Central America.