> if we simply stopped shipping almonds overseas, California would have enough water for three more cities the size of LA. Only for a while. Things are likely

> if we simply stopped shipping almonds overseas, California would have enough water for three more cities the size of LA. Only for a while. Things are likely to dry up a whole lot faster and quicker than you're expecting. Paleo-climatology has revealed that this whole corner of the US has historically been much drier than it is presently, particularly during the Medieval Warming Period (which we've blown past.) The same dynamics which dried up California Climate change is going to make the entire region much dryer than it ever has been in recorded history. It's not just the Colorado river of course. A lot of people seem to think the Central Valley will be fine, or could be fine if we got rid of the farms, but the coming droughts will be felt there hardest of all. One way or the other, the agriculture will go. But that won't bring the rain back.