Gaia
17th June 2015, 18:58
Nature is the planet's banker. She will always collect payment in due time. We developed the technology to harness her power, and in the process, did not worry about the interest building on our debt.
It is highly ironic that John Wesley Powell's name was given to the large lake at Glen Cyn. He wrote an important paper as the first head of the US Geological Survey in around 1878 that described his theory for western settlement in the US. He cautioned at that time and pleaded with Congress to encourage development where there was sufficient water. His ideas were largely ignored and today we have large urban areas like Las Vegas and Phoenix that rely on water from far away. Drought is natural. 40 million peoples using the river is not. :(
Back when Lake Powell was created we all knew it would eventually fail. The river that sustains 40 million Americans is dying and man, not nature, is to blame. Notice the nonchalance about an incipient catastrophe. No surprise there they have been in denial and have rejected the scientists warnings for decades. Prepare for the next conflict: ''Water Wars''
Gaia
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3127176/The-disappearing-reservoir-Nasa-timelapse-reveals-15-years-climate-change-overuse-transformed-Lake-Powell.html
https://projects.propublica.org/killing-the-colorado/story/lake-powell-photos
Inside the Power plant fueling the US drought:
https://projects.propublica.org/killing-the-colorado/story/navajo-generating-station-colorado-river-drought
The reservoir has lost water from overuse and drought for most of the past 15 years. Some 40 million people drink water from the reservoir.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/03/31/04/2717B37600000578-3018740-The_reservoir_is_now_at_45_per_cent_capacity_after_losing_water_-a-10_1427774099966.jpg
http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/04/the-american-west-dries-up/389432/
https://projects.propublica.org/killing-the-colorado/assets/photos/friberg-extras-01-1a439a0f8fef8069ce5f30d3236a710c7623bbc8dba301ac29e4a15c00e5ca15.jpg
It is highly ironic that John Wesley Powell's name was given to the large lake at Glen Cyn. He wrote an important paper as the first head of the US Geological Survey in around 1878 that described his theory for western settlement in the US. He cautioned at that time and pleaded with Congress to encourage development where there was sufficient water. His ideas were largely ignored and today we have large urban areas like Las Vegas and Phoenix that rely on water from far away. Drought is natural. 40 million peoples using the river is not. :(
Back when Lake Powell was created we all knew it would eventually fail. The river that sustains 40 million Americans is dying and man, not nature, is to blame. Notice the nonchalance about an incipient catastrophe. No surprise there they have been in denial and have rejected the scientists warnings for decades. Prepare for the next conflict: ''Water Wars''
Gaia
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3127176/The-disappearing-reservoir-Nasa-timelapse-reveals-15-years-climate-change-overuse-transformed-Lake-Powell.html
https://projects.propublica.org/killing-the-colorado/story/lake-powell-photos
Inside the Power plant fueling the US drought:
https://projects.propublica.org/killing-the-colorado/story/navajo-generating-station-colorado-river-drought
The reservoir has lost water from overuse and drought for most of the past 15 years. Some 40 million people drink water from the reservoir.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/03/31/04/2717B37600000578-3018740-The_reservoir_is_now_at_45_per_cent_capacity_after_losing_water_-a-10_1427774099966.jpg
http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/04/the-american-west-dries-up/389432/
https://projects.propublica.org/killing-the-colorado/assets/photos/friberg-extras-01-1a439a0f8fef8069ce5f30d3236a710c7623bbc8dba301ac29e4a15c00e5ca15.jpg