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Website with historical data showing that the last year has been by far the driest in the last 40 years in the Barcelona area: https://www.meteoblue.com/en/clim

Website with historical data showing that the last year has been by far the driest in the last 40 years in the Barcelona area: https://www.meteoblue.com/en/climate-change/barcelona_spain_3128760 https://www.meteoblue.com/en/climate-change/barcelona_spain_.... Just in case, this comment is not to try and convince you. It's to show everybody else you don't know what you're talking about. I'm sure you'll be happy to ignore the data and come up with some more absurd reasons that fit your political narrative.

pvaldes 2y ago
Yes, is hot. And dry. But only one big wine maker is firing people, so maybe the other found a magical solution? like bringing water to the crops?. What you don't understand is that shouldn't be an unsolvable obstacle for this particular case, because is a crop that likes dry and hot conditions, and we talk about a luxury product that is not necessarily cheap so there should be some margin to act. Maybe the real problem is that is hot, and dry, AND in 2022 Catalonia lost a quarter of its water by leakage or thievery [1]. Without that Freixenet wouldn't had been hit by the water restrictions of, surprise, 25% water less allowed for industrial uses [2] And don't make me start about man-made wildfires sucking the land dry. [1] https://www.lavanguardia.com/local/catalunya/20230402/8872015/catalunya-desperdicia-cuarta-parte-agua-fugas.html https://www.lavanguardia.com/local/catalunya/20230402/887201... [2] https://elpais.com/espana/catalunya/2024-02-13/cataluna-comienza-a-multar-a-la-industria-por-incumplir-las-restricciones-antisequia.html https://elpais.com/espana/catalunya/2024-02-13/cataluna-comi...
- pvaldes 2y ago
  What I'm trying to say is that a bad situation like those provoked by El Niño can always turn into a catastrophic one by bad decisions, that aren't related with climate change. Without this tragedy of commons situation with every farmer and company and pool owner using as much water as possible, the problem would had been much more bearable.

pvaldes 2y ago

Yes, is hot. And dry. But only one big wine maker is firing people, so maybe the other found a magical solution? like bringing water to the crops?. What you don't understand is that shouldn't be an unsolvable obstacle for this particular case, because is a crop that likes dry and hot conditions, and we talk about a luxury product that is not necessarily cheap so there should be some margin to act. Maybe the real problem is that is hot, and dry, AND in 2022 Catalonia lost a quarter of its water by leakage or thievery [1]. Without that Freixenet wouldn't had been hit by the water restrictions of, surprise, 25% water less allowed for industrial uses [2] And don't make me start about man-made wildfires sucking the land dry. [1] https://www.lavanguardia.com/local/catalunya/20230402/8872015/catalunya-desperdicia-cuarta-parte-agua-fugas.html https://www.lavanguardia.com/local/catalunya/20230402/887201... [2] https://elpais.com/espana/catalunya/2024-02-13/cataluna-comienza-a-multar-a-la-industria-por-incumplir-las-restricciones-antisequia.html https://elpais.com/espana/catalunya/2024-02-13/cataluna-comi...

pvaldes 2y ago
What I'm trying to say is that a bad situation like those provoked by El Niño can always turn into a catastrophic one by bad decisions, that aren't related with climate change. Without this tragedy of commons situation with every farmer and company and pool owner using as much water as possible, the problem would had been much more bearable.