Scott Slater has a plan. It is not a popular plan, but he wants to pump 814bn gallons of water from under the Mojave desert to Los Angeles and other drought-stricken communities in southern California, and make more than $2bn doing so...In addition to environmental concerns, others object to a private company being able to make billions from water. Slater says they do not understand the law, which in California states no entity can own water but they can buy, sell and trade the right to use it. — The Guardian
America: The land where nothing is free, indeed.
h/t New Republic
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^ that made me laugh so hard
muholland II: owens valley all over again - so some rich Brentwood asshole can have 10 acres of lawn they never use.
Then mission accomplished, jla-x.
Yeah, citizen, that's perfect.
Does anyone else remember in the 1980s when doomsayers were all like "The future battles will be over WATER!!!" and everyone thought they were nuts? What are the nutty doomsayers talking about right now?
I'm still scouting investors to build a wall around greenland and ship the water out on tankers to whoever pays while preventing sea level rise. someday it'll happen.
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