z0n0b wrote:



Yeah right, and my name is Donald Duck!

QUOTE: the depression conditions in the great valley reflect more than a
mere water shortage. They are the direct result of conscious actions by
environmental activists to usher in a new era of scarcity.


Well Donald Duck, here is how it works:

Yes, the "new era of scarcity" is here. That would be hard to deny. The
scarcity of water is caused by lack of rain and snow. However it is no
different than the old eras of scarcity which happens periodically and
were also due to lack of rain and snow.

The farmers in response to water shortages set to squawking about it
and the Governor in response to that squawking declares the area a
disaster area. That makes the farmers eligible for Federal disaster
relief funds and that means they get paid even though their crops
failed.

Meanwhile the rest of the people who live next to this river don't end
up living next to a dry river bed. This is the way the Federal farm and
water management policies have worked for at least 70 years in the US so
there is nothing particularly new about any of this. Nor is it anything
unique to California.

-jim