Via Sunday's NYT Magazine.... Whether caused by Global Warming or simply changing regional and global climate changes, it is an undeniable fact that many regions across the USA which have been the focus of much development and expansion in the last decades, are running headfirst into a confrontation with the resource limits of their regions, especially with regards to water....

Quote from article by Pat Mulroy, the head of the Southern Nevada Water Authority

We have an exploding human population, and we have a shrinking clean-water supply. Those are on colliding paths. This is not just a Las Vegas issue. This is a microcosm of a much larger issue.” Americans, she went on to say, are the most voracious users of natural resources in the world. Maybe we need to talk about that as well. “The people who move to the West today need to realize they’re moving into a desert,” Mulroy said. “If they want to live in a desert, they have to adapt to a desert lifestyle.

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