This water fight is to protect to cash cows to greedy politicians in Sacramento.
Most of the use and outright waste of water is not due to human consumers. The water goes to two specific cash crops that Californians receive little benefit for and are responsible for the water shortage in the state. Billions of gallons of water go to grow Almonds and Alfalfa.
The vast majority of the almonds are sold to Asia. The alfalfa is sold to Saudi Arabia to feed their camels and race horses. To cover for the use of the water, the politicians who have been bought and paid for blow a lot of smoke about conservation, force cities to pay huge fines for their everyday human use of water and now are pushing rationing.
Even if humans cut their own use of water in the state by 25%, it would amount to less than 3% of the state's water use. This is a huge SCAM.
Thank you for a most detailed explanation on this project. I believe you for 2 reasons
1) You have earned my trust.
2) The scam now makes TOTAL sense.
These people belong in prison, not just removed from office.
Explain to me about the 2/3rds of all the truck farm crops and table vegtables that WERE produced by San Joaquin and Imperial Valley ranches. As a formed resident of the Big Valley I will assure you it’s not all almonds being grown there.
The agricultural valleys of California are of STRATEGIC importance to the USA, or would you rather rely on the 3rd world hell hole of Argentina for our produce so once they have a monopoly market (like China) on our food we can be held hostage to them.
It’s exceedingly rare I agree with any California politician but I will take water for agriculture over desalination to support the lifestyles of 10 million illegals and 20 million moonbats any day.