It's bad enough to consume more water than is replenished by precipitation, but it's even worse considering that the recent century or so of precipitation (i.e.

It's bad enough to consume more water than is replenished by precipitation, but it's even worse considering that the recent century or so of precipitation (i.e. the entire development of the West) may have been a pretty wet outlier compared to the last millennium.[0] At the same time, I've learned never to underestimate the power of people to respond to incentives, and I don't want to overstate the doom-factor. But it sure gives me another reason not to move to California. [0]http://www.mercurynews.com/science/ci_24993601/california-drought-past-dry-periods-have-lasted-more http://www.mercurynews.com/science/ci_24993601/california-dr...