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10 Percent of Californias Water Goes to Almond Farming
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2015 Apr 23, 10:43am 1,629 views 5 comments
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Strategist
2015 Apr 23, 10:51am
just a shortage of politicians with brains.
You're just figuring that out NOW?
It's not our brains that make us famous.
Bellingham Bill
2015 Apr 23, 11:01am
If the choice is green lawns or almonds, let's pick the almonds.
People need to make a living, and growing almonds is a very good living.
Good food, too! It's a staple of my "diet" diet, when I'm limiting calories.
>just a shortage of politicians with brains
people don't want taxes, people get less government services and infrastructure investment in return.
I drive 152 a lot and seeing the San Luis Reservoir go by is like seeing a work of a lost empire.
We're not the same state now that we were 50 years ago, building the interstates, water infrastructure, and incredibly affordable higher education for all, in the UC/state college/community college triage approach.
The stupid thing is that if we taxed our sky-high land valuations more, we'd have all the money we needed to invest in 21st century water and transportation infrastructure. AND the valuations would be a lot lower!
Has anybody bothered to add up the current potential market value of the property regulated by the CCC? Gotta be a trillion!
Looking at just the first 200' in from the ocean, we've got 600 miles of coastline from SF to SD. In 6000 sqft lots @ $500,000 apiece that's $50B for the first 200' in from the coast.
It's 600 miles along the coast from SD to SF.
Instead, I see ~$5M properties with $100,000 Prop 13 valuations. . .
http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/100-20th-Ave-Santa-Cruz-CA-95062/16126488_zpid/
the fuck?
Strategist
2015 Apr 23, 1:40pm
If the choice is green lawns or almonds, let's pick the almonds.
People need to make a living, and growing almonds is a very good living.
Good food, too! It's a staple of my "diet" diet, when I'm limiting calories.
The gardners also need to make a living. Either way, we pay.
One good way to save water is not to waste food. Throwing away half a pound of steak is same as flushing away 2,500 gallons of water.
Over time we need to lift all water subsidies to farmers. Everyone should pay the same. I would be OK with a tiered pricing system like they have for electricity.
Tenpoundbass
2015 Apr 23, 1:51pm
The problem is, in 2015 California, they are still managing their water based on 1880's water rights and cattle rancher politics.
The water flows downhill those downslope, are charged and allowed to use what water they catch out of that stream as it makes its way out to Sea.
God forbid somebody dig a freaking hole and store the trillions of gallons that just comes from rain alone every year.
California would have enough water to freeze some and haul it back up to the Mountains and replace the said declining ice.
http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2014/05/_10_percent_of_california_s_water_goes_to_almond_farming.html
CNBC also reported it takes a gallon of water to make one little almond. We export $6 billion worth of almonds. Bottom line....its same as exporting heavily subsidized water when we have none for ourselves. What is the matter with these dumb politicians.
It takes 5,000 gallons to make a pound of beef. Can we stop exporting the stuff?
There is no shortage of water, just a shortage of politicians with brains. *$#@$*&$#.