On 24 May 2015 17:33:04 GMT, notbob > wrote:

> On 2015-05-24, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
> > On 5/24/2015 12:37 PM, sf wrote:
>
> >> There's no talk of a water pipeline yet. Oil gets lots of pipelines,
> >> water gets none.
>
> > Where would the pipeline come from? Is there enough water in a
> > reasonable distance? If so, it would be a smart idea.
>
> Ed, I can understand your not knowing CA history, but sf has zero excuse.
> In fact, sf gets her water from Hetch-Hetchy, which is 170 miles away.
> How does she think that pristine Sierra snow water gets all the way to
> San Fransico? By taxi!?
>
So glad your basic knowledge of water in California tells you that
what's true for San Francisco is true for the entire state of
California. Perhaps you can explain why there's a water crisis if
everything is so peach keen.

> SoCal (Southern California) has been robbing the rest of the state
> blind for water for decades. Pipelines are entirely too small.
> Check out the California Aquaduct:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/lkuv8kc
>
> These canals are typically 100 ft wide (at surface) and 30 ft deep.
> These water wars, which make up the biggest point of contention in
> NorCal and SoCal politics, have been going on for decades. Even as
> far back as the 19th century.
>
Which doesn't mitigate the current water crisis in the slightest.
Perhaps you can also note that they've sucked the California end of
the Colorado river dry and are working on the aquifers.

In the mean time, there you are sitting on your mountain top in
Colorado, next to a raging river, constantly complaining about
California.

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sf