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> People voluntarily accepting a reduced quality of life by cutting back on water usage and forgoing water intensive produce. IMO this is what people need to u
by rootusrootus 5y ago
> People voluntarily accepting a reduced quality of life by cutting back on water usage and forgoing water intensive produce.
IMO this is what people need to understand. If we need conservation, it won't be the people of California cutting back on their showers. That has very little to do with consumption. It will be everyone in the country who benefits from all the farming in California who will have to learn to do without some of their favorite water-intensive produce.
- kodah 5y agoFarming is indeed a big user of water, but I was surprised to see maintaining scenic views and habitat conservation being nearly equal to farming. That's effectively drawing water from other states and destroying other habitats in the name of conservation in California.
- demadog 5y agoWhat are some specific examples? The main I could think of would be green belts and parks in the suburbs, not watering state park forests.
- ciceryadam 5y agoWhat comes to my mind are the 11 golf courses in Indian Wells, or 89 golf courses the Coachella valley / Palm Springs area. It's an arid region, it always baffles me to see it around there.