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IronWing said:
The Yukon is looking better all the time. We just have to bide our time and be ready to pounce when the Canadian real estate bubble finally pops. Vancouverians will be lining up to dig the ditch for us.
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I'm willing to vote "yes" if the invasion of Canada turned up on the ballot
 
California has always had water issues off and on... They have been robbing other states of their water for years.

This is not anything new or Global Warming. :\
 
Watering lawns, taking showers and washing cars isn't the issue, its agriculture. Farmers need to update/upgrade how they work -- they waste billions and billions of gallons of water.

Everyone in California could stop showering all together and it still wouldn't be enough.
 
Ns1 said:
I'm willing to vote "yes" if the invasion of Canada turned up on the ballot
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"Even though we made bad choices and destroyed our own ability to live in this now-inhabitable place to live, let's invade a different, sovereign, allied country that has nothing to do with our problem, take their natural resources by force, and transport them back to our now-inhabitable place to live."

I'm assuming you're being sarcastic. Anyone who thinks that is actually a good idea is the dumbest piece of shit on earth.
 
Insomniator said:
Watering lawns, taking showers and washing cars isn't the issue, its agriculture. Farmers need to update/upgrade how they work -- they waste billions and billions of gallons of water.

Everyone in California could stop showering all together and it still wouldn't be enough.
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It's very regional. So-Cal, Phoenix and Vegas have very different water uses than Central California. But I do agree, overall Ag uses up an overwhelming amount of it.
 
cbrunny said:
Ns1 said:
IronWing said:
Ns1 said:
we've already built the aqueducts. there are no reasonable sources of water left for us to build them to.

the only thing left is desalination.
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The Yukon is looking better all the time. We just have to bide our time and be ready to pounce when the Canadian real estate bubble finally pops. Vancouverians will be lining up to dig the ditch for us.
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I'm willing to vote "yes" if the invasion of Canada turned up on the ballot
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"Even though we made bad choices and destroyed our own ability to live in this now-inhabitable place to live, let's invade a different, sovereign, allied country that has nothing to do with our problem, take their natural resources by force, and transport them back to our now-inhabitable place to live."

I'm assuming you're being sarcastic. Anyone who thinks that is actually a good idea is the dumbest piece of shit on earth.
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🙄
 
cbrunny said:
"Even though we made bad choices and destroyed our own ability to live in this now-inhabitable place to live, let's invade a different, sovereign, allied country that has nothing to do with our problem, take their natural resources by force, and transport them back to our now-inhabitable place to live."

I'm assuming you're being sarcastic. Anyone who thinks that is actually a good idea is the dumbest piece of shit on earth.
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No worries, nobody is planning to invade Canada. They have a tank.
 
Ns1 said:
I'm willing to vote "yes" if the invasion of Canada turned up on the ballot
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We're ready for you now, SoCal, so do your best.Remember tho to ditch those pointy sandals and SEAL tryout swim suits and to bring snow shoes and skates since our water be mostly freezed up. You'll love ice fishing and igloos.
In Ontario/Michigan Great Lakes area we could ship more water south but opening them gates risks importing your Asian fish which are a tremendous menace.
While Canucks respect winners on the ice the stats show Vancouver trounces LA regular now (watch'em Monday night) so in several respects, getting our water will be harder than you think.
 
drebo said:
Desalination is way more useful than a $5bn train to nowhere.

I would be for a public infrastructure investment into desalination in California. I would vote yes on that measure.
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Exactly.

And the train to nowhere will definitely cost more than $5bn. Gov. Moonbeam at it again!
 
cbrunny said:
"Even though we made bad choices and destroyed our own ability to live in this now-inhabitable place to live, let's invade a different, sovereign, allied country that has nothing to do with our problem, take their natural resources by force, and transport them back to our now-inhabitable place to live."

I'm assuming you're being sarcastic. Anyone who thinks that is actually a good idea is the dumbest piece of shit on earth.
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Or they have read their history and knows that this is generally what happens.
 
cbrunny said:
"Even though we made bad choices and destroyed our own ability to live in this now-inhabitable place to live, let's invade a different, sovereign, allied country that has nothing to do with our problem, take their natural resources by force, and transport them back to our now-inhabitable place to live."

I'm assuming you're being sarcastic. Anyone who thinks that is actually a good idea is the dumbest piece of shit on earth.
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Yes that is correct. Might is right.

Thanks for the water! And the tank.

You can keep Quebec though.
 
All they have to do is get some of them solar powered pumps and pipe the output tube from the treatment plant back up to the reservoir. Bam! Free infinite water.
 
cbrunny said:
Ah, so you're the dumbest piece of shit on earth. Or you're being sarcastic. You decide.
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lol. Ok you can keep the tank too; it can defend Quebec.


Except we want the cute Canadian girls. Just not the ones that speak French.
 
IronWing said:
Okay, but hell no on Nova Scotia, bunch a weirdos up there.
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That is some beautiful country, good fishing too. We could ship the weirdos to somewhere inhospitable, at least until we find use for that land as well. We have some precedent for that.
 
SMOGZINN said:
That is some beautiful country, good fishing too. We could ship the weirdos to somewhere inhospitable, at least until we find use for that land as well. We have some precedent for that.
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There's still plenty of room in Australia.
 
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