tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post5232110314971121146..comments2023-10-30T09:23:42.803-05:00Comments on Some Assembly Required: SAR #15096Charles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-51677720469781904062015-04-06T13:14:22.998-05:002015-04-06T13:14:22.998-05:00Re: If California was actually serious about adres...Re: If California was actually serious about adressing its water problems ...<br /><br />It wouldn't be planing on adding more housing:<br /><br />http://www.sacbee.com/news/business/real-estate-news/article13834292.html<br /><br />There's no water shortage until the rich people are affected. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-81829027926140935952015-04-06T13:14:21.021-05:002015-04-06T13:14:21.021-05:00And almonds should go away, too. But more interst...And almonds should go away, too. But more intersting is the idea that with less water to sell, even if they raise the price there will not be enouch income to service the debts that built the current systems.<br /><br />And how much will massive denationalization plants cost? And how much energy do they require?<br /><br />Pretty much survival, at least in California and the Great American Southwest will be unaffordable. And then all those mortgages and all those city bonds become confetti...<br /><br />Ah, interesting times.Charles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-42192497824531429842015-04-06T12:37:19.117-05:002015-04-06T12:37:19.117-05:00Also, too:
//So we find ourselves in a position w...Also, too:<br /><br />//So we find ourselves in a position where the local agencies have no incentive to help customers become more efficient. They are already freaking out over the possibility of a "death spiral", where they keep raising rates and customers use less and less water in response, to the point where the local agencies can't pay their debt and go bankrupt.<br />This is a governance structural conundrum that has never been addressed at the federal or state level, but if they want to see truly<br />effective water efficiency programs, they're going to have to change the structure of the system.//<br /><br />http://blogs.kqed.org/science/audio/a-candid-conversation-with-californias-water-czar/#comment-1924374898Michael Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10045827917076142231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-83919028347959923092015-04-06T12:23:25.269-05:002015-04-06T12:23:25.269-05:00If California were actually serious about addressi...If California were <i>actually</i> serious about addressing its water problems, it would order the alfalfa farms shuttered.<br /><br />http://www.arb.ca.gov/fuels/lcfs/workgroups/lcfssustain/hanson.pdf<br /><br />But you won't read it in the news (file under: things that make you go "hmmm").Michael Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10045827917076142231noreply@blogger.com