I totally agree with you on every point, especially agriculture run off of fertilizers and pesticides.
I've had an idea for a long time and I think there's other people who have had this same idea.
Take a look at topography map of California and down into the Sea of Cortez by San Felipe in Baja Mexico Norte.
What if a conduit was created from San Felipe and all the way to Death Valley.
There's only two things there that are of much importance. An old village of Native Americans who could be moved to a better location upstream and a spring with a species of rare fish that exists only there. So, why not just remove the fish and propagate them in a better situation?
The salty water from Sea of Cortez could be used for sea salt and hydro electric. The huge expanse of water would create moisture to green up the area east of the lake and moderate the weather in the basin.
Absolutely! All inland deserts below sea level could have waterways made with the ability to “close” and “open” them to power generation. Hell if you wanted even the straights of inland seas could have this implemented with locks put in place ro allow ship travel. Salt and power production out of desert space, and the sea level rise doomers get to be happy about lowering sea level. What’s not to like? Local weather improved, new resorts built along new shores, etc... But nooooo we get taxes paying for wars and for kids to get educated about cutting their dicks off.
Salton Sea is drying up and no one is willing to fix it. I remember when I was a kid and my dad raved about the fantastic fishing there. Today the old resort is far away from the current shoreline and it's too salty now to support fish. On the shores are piles of dead fish bones.
The salton sea is so sad to watch wither away... All the feeder rivers and such are used too much for it to refill. It’s not just a good fishing spot, it’s an important stopover for birds as well. Would be so nice to have water pumped back into it somehow. Shame that it isn’t really around to supply cali with rain.
Here’s a thought- when you produce food with moisture and export it you are exporting that moisture in the food. Wineries, bottled water, etc. in our high transport economy can theoretically cause a net negative moisture exchange to one region and a positive to another. Imagine on a grand scale monitoring this, for science? It is obviously not cut and dried, given complex aquifers and weather patterns etc, but still.
On people not wanting to do anything about it... I’m still waiting for self sufficiency dome cities in the deserts and poles. Maybe by the end of my life we will have something cool to look at- but nothing we haven’t already been able to do for years and years and years. At the least it is good to know I’m not the only one thinking about this shit! :)
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