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I'm unsure if we can safely assume that California's recent drought troubles are the cause of climate change, and not the fact that California really is a giant

• dragonwriter 12y ago
  > I'm unsure if we can safely assume that California's recent drought troubles are the cause of climate change, Literally no one has argued that California's recent drought troubles are the cause of climate change. (The result of, OTOH...) > and not the fact that California really is a giant desert. The Central Valley is a giant desert, but California's water problems aren't because the Central Valley is a giant desert, its because the water received by the rest of California have been far below the historical norms for several years. Now, consuming lots of water -- e.g., by shipping lots of water from other places to the desert for agriculture -- makes California more sensitive to droughts than it otherwise would be, to be sure.