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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There are constant mixed messages about climate change from the leaders in the USA which makes it difficult for people to know what to believe. Across history the only real shortages people have suffered in the USA is possibly the Great Depression a 100years ago. In Europe there was food rationing until the 1950s following WW2 so family members would have lived through that and understand the necessity to preserve things.
Additionally despite only having 5% of the worlds population, the US uses 30% of the worlds resources, proving again they struggle to be able to conserve.
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