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> With how expensive California is - desalination will not make it uninhabitable for the average person. Which is exactly why they have a dozen or so desalinat
by deaddodo 5y ago
> With how expensive California is - desalination will not make it uninhabitable for the average person.
Which is exactly why they have a dozen or so desalination plants in operation, with a couple dozen more set to be spun up in the coming decades.
> It will be cost prohibitive to desalinate a gallon of water to grow one pistachio, though.
This is it, which is why ag and other industries lobby so hard for "water rights" for commercial use; to offload the bill to the taxpayers.
- seanp2k2 5y agoThe best part is all the bleating and political signage in Central Valley. They don’t even realize how much their lives depend on government subsidies, but they’ll loudly complain about welfare and immigration while employing day laborers and paying them cash, cheating on their own taxes, and receiving tons of benefits from the government.