Re:Dominions of fizz: the carbonated-drinks industry and pub...
by erikpukinskis on Tuesday April 05, 2016 @01:52PM
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I doubt it. Several factors spring to mind that will prevent that specific mass migration:
1) The use of a (small) part of the west's capital to pipe water in from further away
2) Opportunities for multiple orders of magnitude better conservation.
3) Desalination
None of those are as easy as "just wait for rain" but as long as it's cheaper than the entire state of California ($10 trillion?) then it's not a financial hardship compared to "everyone just leave."
1) The use of a (small) part of the west's capital to pipe water in from further away
2) Opportunities for multiple orders of magnitude better conservation.
3) Desalination
None of those are as easy as "just wait for rain" but as long as it's cheaper than the entire state of California ($10 trillion?) then it's not a financial hardship compared to "everyone just leave."