Peak Water in the US South?

[Admiral Yi]

I mentioned before that Vegas has sensible lawns for the desert: gravel, rocks, and cacti.

[garbon]

I mentioned before that Vegas has sensible lawns for the desert: gravel, rocks, and cacti.

Yeah that's the kind of desert landscaping that I'm talking about.

[MadImmortalMan]

[Eddie Teach]

Seems the best thing then is to live in places that are naturally fit for human habitation.

So you want a die back?

Nah, just no interest in living in Arizona or west Texas.

[KRonn]

I would think that desalination plants are a part of the solution for some of the water shortages, in California especially. And why haven't any been built yet? Other nations use them, like Saudi Arabia.

[MadImmortalMan]

California imports their power too. I doubt there's enough juice for them.

[The Larch]

Another solution would be not having gajillions of people in an arid region. LA, Las Vegas, I'm looking at you...

[Valmy]

I would think that desalination plants are a part of the solution for some of the water shortages, in California especially. And why haven't any been built yet? Other nations use them, like Saudi Arabia.

Texas presently has about 100 desalination plants.  Probably going to need alot more.

[garbon]

Another solution would be not having gajillions of people in an arid region. LA, Las Vegas, I'm looking at you...

Why?

[CountDeMoney]

California imports their power too. I doubt there's enough juice for them.

That's not California's fault.

[The Larch]

Another solution would be not having gajillions of people in an arid region. LA, Las Vegas, I'm looking at you...

Why?

Because you need to bring lots of water and other resources from somewhere else at a huge expense? LA grew so big by raping water resources from Eastern California.

[garbon]

Another solution would be not having gajillions of people in an arid region. LA, Las Vegas, I'm looking at you...

Why?

Because you need to bring lots of water and other resources from somewhere else at a huge expense? LA grew so big by raping water resources from Eastern California.

Actually I believe Arizona was what was mostly raped with a siphoning of the Colorado River. Palm Springs isn't exactly an oasis.

Not sure how that's a net negative for California.

[The Larch]

Another solution would be not having gajillions of people in an arid region. LA, Las Vegas, I'm looking at you...

Why?

Because you need to bring lots of water and other resources from somewhere else at a huge expense? LA grew so big by raping water resources from Eastern California.

Actually I believe Arizona was what was mostly raped with a siphoning of the Colorado River. Palm Springs isn't exactly an oasis.

Not sure how that's a net negative for California.

I was thinking mostly about the California Water Wars (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Water_Wars) that ruined the Owens Valley area. Chinatown, which I quoted earlier, is partly based on them.

[lustindarkness]

I would remove any and all invasive plants and animals in the southwest.
That would include lawns, crops, farm animals and people (not native americans, they were there before the evil white man). 

[Admiral Yi]

That's a lot of Mexicans to ethnically cleanse vato.