There's also the subdivision of that pie graph. Crop types are badly optimized (alfalfa!) leading to lopsided water usage - "It takes $750 worth of retail water to grow $150
worth of wholesale cotton." Lloyd Carter (Feb. 2009)
Am I supposed to be empathetic toward protecting the Delta Smelt? This is water for humans. Other creatures get cleared out, that's the nature of our civilization. Start making the hard decisions (regulate the farms) and if the smelt go, too bad. Our population is not diminishing.
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There's also the subdivision of that pie graph. Crop types are badly optimized (alfalfa!) leading to lopsided water usage - "It takes $750 worth of retail water to grow $150 worth of wholesale cotton." Lloyd Carter (Feb. 2009)
Am I supposed to be empathetic toward protecting the Delta Smelt? This is water for humans. Other creatures get cleared out, that's the nature of our civilization. Start making the hard decisions (regulate the farms) and if the smelt go, too bad. Our population is not diminishing.