withersailor@aussie.zone to World News@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years agoWestern US States Are Turning to Cloud Seeding to Fight Historic Droughtssingularityhub.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up124arrow-down10
arrow-up124arrow-down1external-linkWestern US States Are Turning to Cloud Seeding to Fight Historic Droughtssingularityhub.comwithersailor@aussie.zone to World News@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squareCrazytrixsta@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·2 years agoIt would be better long term to actually legislate the farmers and commercial water usage instead of let them do whatever the hell they want.
minus-squarejay@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·edit-22 years ago100% it’s amazing to see what’s happening in some places like Arizona. They talk about water shortages and halting construction to manage water levels. Yet they sell most of the water usage in the state, 70% to agriculture. [Including alfa alfa sprouts that are grown to be exported to Saudi Arabia.)[https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/3978939-saudi-alfalfa-sparks-tension-in-arizonas-sonoran-desert/amp/]
It would be better long term to actually legislate the farmers and commercial water usage instead of let them do whatever the hell they want.
100% it’s amazing to see what’s happening in some places like Arizona. They talk about water shortages and halting construction to manage water levels. Yet they sell most of the water usage in the state, 70% to agriculture. [Including alfa alfa sprouts that are grown to be exported to Saudi Arabia.)[https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/3978939-saudi-alfalfa-sparks-tension-in-arizonas-sonoran-desert/amp/]