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greenman3610

(3,947 posts) Thu Mar 13, 2014, 10:15 AM Mar 2014

California's Drought, Man Made? or Natural? or Both?

both a political and scientific controversy - how much of the current california drought is due to climate change, and how much is simply expected variability that is well documented in the paleo-record?
Even in a best case scenario, much of the west was built during relatively water-rich times, which
are not likely to be stable in the future.
several interviews with "not the usual suspect" scientists.

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California's Drought, Man Made? or Natural? or Both? (Original Post) greenman3610 Mar 2014 OP

Little from column A. Little from Column B. AtheistCrusader Mar 2014 #1

I think "climate refugees" are more than potential... elzenmahn Mar 2014 #2

AtheistCrusader

(33,982 posts)

1. Little from column A. Little from Column B.

Reply to greenman3610 (Original post)

Thu Mar 13, 2014, 10:37 AM

Mar 2014

Difficult to say how much from each. But certainly a portion of it is us.

If this moves north into Washington, we are mega-fucked. We're not the national breadbasket that California is, but we get 73% of our power from Hydro. Big enough drought, like this 30 month thing in California, and my JOB will end to conserve electricity, I won't be able to cool my home, etc.

Best I could hope for is to relocate to another corporate site elsewhere in the country, or spend a few months in another country. That potential is there. People used to laugh about climate refugees, but it's a real potential.

elzenmahn

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2. I think "climate refugees" are more than potential...

Reply to AtheistCrusader (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 13, 2014, 11:55 PM

Mar 2014

...in a few years, it's going to become a new reality.

And about the drought itself - another cause which I don't see mentioned too much is - OVERPOPULATION. Overuse of resources by too many people.

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