Lake Powell has a 3% chance of being unable to provide power to its dam, which provides power to over 5 million homes, by 2022. By 2023 that raises to 34%. Meanwhile Lake Mead is expected to shrink below capacity by 2025, causing the Hoover Dam to be unable to function.
The Hoover Dam provides power to 25 million across 5 states. One of America’s greatest feats of engineering and construction is at risk of becoming obsolete in a couple short years. And the suggested fix, according to one of the local leaders is…just hope it rains a lot.
It’s actually a really good idea, if you can make it work. One time when I was little and really sick, my parents managed to mix my meds into a glass of grape soda. Much easier than getting a shot, especially for needle-phobes.
But the article indicates they’re still a long ways out from edible vaccines of any sort.
@Kazapsky
This is the guy that Obama warned Trump not to hire, and then Trump made him national security adviser, and then he got fired in three weeks for lying about being an unregistered foreign agent.
“Speaker of the House, I would simply like to announce that I have drawn the president as a soyjack. Thus I would like to move to conclude my position is correct: and the president is owned and cucked, sir.”
@Dustcan
Certainly the western desert states could be more judicious in their use of water. They could transport it in pipes instead of open canals across miles of desert where the water evaporates or drains through the concrete. They could ban green lawns, golf courses, swimming pools, fountains, and water intensive crops like cotton. They could collect rainwater better in cities and build desalination plants on the coast.
But all that only helps conserve the limited water they have. Without enough rain to replenish the water table, I could see a mass exodus from the west in the future.
But US infrastructure is so god awful. We don’t invest thing things like that and desalination plants, both of which would be useful to offset the coming water problems.
@Zincy
Wait. It’s actually possible to pull moisture out of the air, even in a desert? I’m curious as to where this was actually attempted. (Desert planets in a galaxy far, far away don’t count.)