LEFTIST LAWMAKERS AND ENVIRO-EXTREMISTS CREATED CA WATER CRISIS

[jem]

looking this up I see that npr says CA used 20 to 30% of its water on the smelt. Is that true?

800k acre feet would have been gone in a month. And the delta's water has fallen so far in any case that it no longer reaches the pumps and couldn't be diverted even if CA wanted to reverse course on the smelt.

The smelt represent the overall condition of the environment, and a temporary (we hope) crisis like a drought is not a good enough reason to make permanent, harmful changes to the environment. The line must be drawn somewhere.

 

[Ricter]

looking this up I see that npr says CA used 20 to 30% of its water on the smelt. Is that true?

Life's a web, mate. The water diversion restrictions are not about the smelt, per se, but the ecosystem. Writing, "protect the environment" into law is too vague and would accomplish nothing. The line was drawn at the fish, it had to be drawn somewhere. If water becomes too scarce, too expensive as a result, then it's time for Man to adapt, to take the golden eggs at the rate the goose lays them, or come up with another goose.

 

[jem]

I am a conservationist, a real one, who thinks we have a duty to preserve the planet and the country for future generations. I contrast that approach with some leftist drones who use the guise for more fascism.
You don't have to tell me life's a web.
You now how you know almost all the dems in CA are not really concerned about California?

If they did... we would not be building out any more. We don't need more people. We are already crushing our resources.

I just want to know how much water we are talking about on a percentage basis.