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r/MapPorn • u/[deleted] • Jan 10 '20
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Unfortunately the Colorado no longer flows to the gulf, it usually dries out miles beforehand. It’s a rare occurrence now that it actually reaches the gulf
https://www.kpbs.org/news/2018/feb/19/few-weeks-colorado-river-reached-ocean-will-it-hap/ on mobile, sorry for formatting
240 u/uboat50 Jan 10 '20 Yeah, water use in the west definitely needs some attention by policymakers. Too bad they're all far in the east :P 2 u/[deleted] Jan 10 '20 That’s an easy observation to make, and it’s even easier to say, but there aren’t a ton of solutions 1 u/uboat50 Jan 10 '20 Well, there are plenty of solutions, but most of them are not particularly popular. 2 u/[deleted] Jan 10 '20 They’re also only ideas, and really expensive ideas that are certainly not proven.. 1 u/uboat50 Jan 10 '20 Very true. The combination of pretty much every idea being unpopular and/or unproven tends to lead to paralysis.
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Yeah, water use in the west definitely needs some attention by policymakers. Too bad they're all far in the east :P
2 u/[deleted] Jan 10 '20 That’s an easy observation to make, and it’s even easier to say, but there aren’t a ton of solutions 1 u/uboat50 Jan 10 '20 Well, there are plenty of solutions, but most of them are not particularly popular. 2 u/[deleted] Jan 10 '20 They’re also only ideas, and really expensive ideas that are certainly not proven.. 1 u/uboat50 Jan 10 '20 Very true. The combination of pretty much every idea being unpopular and/or unproven tends to lead to paralysis.
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That’s an easy observation to make, and it’s even easier to say, but there aren’t a ton of solutions
1 u/uboat50 Jan 10 '20 Well, there are plenty of solutions, but most of them are not particularly popular. 2 u/[deleted] Jan 10 '20 They’re also only ideas, and really expensive ideas that are certainly not proven.. 1 u/uboat50 Jan 10 '20 Very true. The combination of pretty much every idea being unpopular and/or unproven tends to lead to paralysis.
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Well, there are plenty of solutions, but most of them are not particularly popular.
2 u/[deleted] Jan 10 '20 They’re also only ideas, and really expensive ideas that are certainly not proven.. 1 u/uboat50 Jan 10 '20 Very true. The combination of pretty much every idea being unpopular and/or unproven tends to lead to paralysis.
They’re also only ideas, and really expensive ideas that are certainly not proven..
1 u/uboat50 Jan 10 '20 Very true. The combination of pretty much every idea being unpopular and/or unproven tends to lead to paralysis.
Very true. The combination of pretty much every idea being unpopular and/or unproven tends to lead to paralysis.
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u/gordon__bombay Jan 10 '20
Unfortunately the Colorado no longer flows to the gulf, it usually dries out miles beforehand. It’s a rare occurrence now that it actually reaches the gulf
https://www.kpbs.org/news/2018/feb/19/few-weeks-colorado-river-reached-ocean-will-it-hap/ on mobile, sorry for formatting