Message from Mexico: U.S. Is Polluting Water It May Someday Need to Drink

Re:Message from Mexico: U.S. Is Polluting Water It May Somed... by SomeCallMeTim on Friday January 31, 2014 @05:16PM (#7159539)

All of these aquifers are finite. There may come a time when every one in Colorado is drained -- if there are any at all.

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Re:Message from Mexico: U.S. Is Polluting Water It May Somed... by gwern on Friday January 31, 2014 @06:20PM (#7159850)

So then one doesn't have to live there, if there's truly no source of water whatsoever. There is no divine mandate that people have to live there, and given the constant urbanization of the world, it's not clear people even want to live in rural areas.

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Re:Message from Mexico: U.S. Is Polluting Water It May Somed... by SomeCallMeTim on Monday February 03, 2014 @04:05PM (#7173482)

Umm....I think Denver would resent being referred to as a "rural area." And Boulder. And Colorado Springs.

Ignoring the "rural" aspect of what you're saying, the same can be said of Vegas. And most of Arizona. Not to mention, ahem, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. You suggesting that the 20M+ people in SoCal should pick up and leave because there isn't enough water? Because there isn't, except if you count the water imported from COLORADO.

Colorado actually has PLENTY of water; it's just that legally we're bound to give it to others.

Aside from which point, infrastructure costs money. "Pick up and move elsewhere" isn't reasonable if "elsewhere" doesn't have the infrastructure for millions of people.

Did you actually read the comment thread before replying?

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