Shtf

I posted in this thread today to make a effort to poke a little fun at the concept "what happen when the $hit hits the fan". As a Californian I make fun of myself and all of us on the "left coast". Believe that if you can't laugh at yourself, then there's no reason to be laughing at all.

The water problem in Cal is a serious issue, for us here, the nation and the world. Cal is the 7th largest economy in the world. This nations largest food producer and it's water that makes that all happen. We are now in our 5th year of below rainfall averages, truly a historic drought. If a total collapse was to happen, it might just start with lack of water in California.

The good news California is and has been making the necessary water conservation steps because we should, need to do so and should have a long time ago! I like almonds, California produces tons of them. Just the almond crop alone, uses more than twice the amount of water than all of Los Angeles county. We will need to figure that out and many other water problems very soon.

Originally Posted by bigburtchino

The water problem in Cal is a serious issue, for us here, the nation and the world. Cal is the 7th largest economy in the world. This nations largest food producer and it's water that makes that all happen. We are now in our 5th year of below rainfall averages, truly a historic drought. If a total collapse was to happen, it might just start with lack of water in California.

The good news California is and has been making the necessary water conservation steps because we should, need to do so and should have a long time ago! I like almonds, California produces tons of them. Just the almond crop alone, uses more than twice the amount of water than all of Los Angeles county. We will need to figure that out and many other water problems very soon.

It's a problem for us here in Maine too. Spent a lot of time (years) dealing with the problem. We've literally spent millions of federal & state dollars to keep a small water district of under 400 services running.

The core problem is that the natural infrastructure below ground cannot support the man made infrastructure above ground. It's inherently out of balance with nature. The sensible thing is to scale things back to sustainable levels.

It's not just a state or local thing though. It's a global problem. With our numbers above seven billion souls we're having to go to greater and greater lengths just to provide drinking water. There will come a time when all of our schemes to extract more water than the global ecosystem can provide will fall short. They're only buying us some more time ... they aren't a permanent & sustainable solution.

The way i see it is that the laws of nature will intervene to restore the balance if we don't.

We're not all that different than any other kind of animal in the ecosystem. When resources get thin the natural controls of disease, famine, and war kick in to bring numbers back down to sustainable levels.