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What makes you think this doesn't happen already. Arizona called in the National Guard on California during construction of tunnels out of Lake Mead. Mexico has
by pilom 12y ago
What makes you think this doesn't happen already. Arizona called in the National Guard on California during construction of tunnels out of Lake Mead. Mexico has threatened to take the US to international court over the salinity of the Colorado River. Dynamite was set off numerous times on the aqueducts that bring water to LA. Hostages have been taken and killed over the construction of dams in South America. Fresh water already is the scarcest resource we have in the American West. Far scarcer than oil by a long shot.
- wyager 12y ago>Fresh water already is the scarcest resource we have in the American West. What does that mean? I'm not sure how you'd go about quantifying scarcity in any meaningful way. Are we going by volume? Price? If price, then price per what?
- roc 12y agoYou have to consider price, particularly in the American West, as desalination can make as much fresh water as you can afford. The only thing stopping California from building massive solar-powered desalination plants is that bullying the surrounding states is (currently) cheaper and easier (politically).
- Rapzid 12y agoTime is probably the scarcest resource anyone has?