Something about hemp. It can do every non-edible thing corn can do but is less crappy and less resource-intensive. I don’t know how much corn is grown out west but replacing it with hemp would be a big bonus to drier regions of the Great Plains, most of which are also irrigated from ground water and canals.
I read recently somewhere that US hemp acreage actually went down in the past couple years but permits to grow it have skyrocketed. Falling prices were blamed for less of it being grown but clearly farmers are getting prepared to switch for when it's more profitable. I imagine there is some massive corn lobby offering sexual favors to Republicans to prevent that.
What came first, the climate-induced drought or the tens of millions of people choosing to live in a place that already didn't have much water going for it?Major California hydroelectric plant shut down due to drought.
California shuts down major hydroelectric plant amid record-low water levels at Lake Oroville
The loss of power could fuel rolling blackouts as the state struggles with a historic drought and record-breaking heat waves.www.cnbc.com
For over 1,000 years the Anasazi flourished as lords and masters of the bulk of the "desert" Southwest of North America. They numbered perhaps 30,000 and left magnificent buildings and roads. I've spent weeks dedicated to exploring their abandoned sites, petroglyphs and rock art, yet have seen only a tiny fraction. Much about the Anasazi remains controversial or puzzling. But it emerges fairly clearly that they vanished from the region after several decades of no rainfall; an almighty drought.
Wow well fortunately they put a farm in Arizona in a place where it rains.
Where does the water go when it rains that heavily in Phoenix? Is it stored? Does it restore ground water? Does it run off into drainage ditches and streams? I was only there for a week in September 2017 and it definitely didn't rain.
We have a pretty crazy drainage system and it still gets overwhelmed sometimes with crazy storms like last night. Most of it sits in areas meant to collect it like this:
In California they seem have many fires caused by incidents related to the electrical grid. Transmission lines get built through forests, then years later rich genius-level residents refuse to trim trees growing around lines, then when limbs fall on lines and sparks fly, they sincerely regret it.
