I know negotiations among states that draw from the Colorado River are ongoing with water rationing measures being discussed, but it feels like the threat of water shortage doesn’t align with booming growth in this part of the country. Is the threat overstated? Are there solutions available when things get really dire? Or is it just hubris of prioritizing short term profits instead of long term sustainability? All the above?
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Humans are bad at forecasting long-term consequences. Especially when the profit motive is constantly pressing on you to make short-term decisions in order to avoid short-term catastrophies like bankruptcy and homelessness.
Then you’ve got the people who are invested in those short term solutions doing everything in their power to convince the public there’s no problem so they can continue making profit, because they’re pretty sure they can money their way out of the long term consequence.
Simply, if it’s not a “now” problem, it’s not a problem, and anyone who says it is, is an alarmist, possibly a communist, and definitely a lunatic you shouldn’t be listening to. Instead you should be buying more Ozone-B-Gone brand hairspray.
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