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Hope springs eternal in California, but unfortunately water does not.

• epistasis 5y ago
  Lol, I love the slogan, and it may be true. But I will go down fighting this fight, and in my estimation it is getting easier to fight, even if it's not yet clear who will win. I would not blame anyone for leaving, given the current insanity of state and local politics, but I also welcome the growing crowd of politically active young people that have far more skin in the game than the aged "got mine, forget you crowd. So if you ever do return, get in touch with local political orgs and you will be making a positive difference.
  • LurkingPenguin 5y ago
    Political organizations, on both/all sides, are in my opinion a big part of the problem in California. Everything in California is turned into a political issue when it doesn't need to be.
  • fortran77 5y ago
    > than the aged Why do we tolerate ageism on Hacker News? @dang
• bsder 5y ago
  Consumer water needs are just fine. The coastal areas where most people live are building desalinization plants and will keep doing so until consumer water needs are met. When you talk about California water crisis, you are talking about California Agribusiness water crisis. Yes, the farms in the Central Valley will eventually eat themselves like Easter Island once they drain the aquifer completely.
  • LurkingPenguin 5y ago
    Desalination is not a magic panacea. It requires significant amounts of energy and has significant environmental impacts. As for the Central Valley, when the farms "eat themselves", have you considered that growing numbers of Americans will have to do the same? The Central Valley produces a quarter of the nation's food even though it represents 1% of the nation's farmland.