"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
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> On 5/25/2015 12:52 AM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
>> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 5/25/2015 12:24 AM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
>>>> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> On 5/24/2015 11:27 PM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sounds like you need balance.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sounds like we need to stop selling ourselves down the river for
>>>>>> short
>>>>>> term
>>>>>> profits.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm going to pick up a half gallon jar of almond butter tomorrow.
>>>>> Good
>>>>> stuff.
>>>>
>>>> You would. But I was referring to Wall Street greed. There is no such
>>>> thing as balance when they stick their proboscis into anything that
>>>> even
>>>> smells a little of money.
>>>>
>>>
>>> You still have to go back to the roots. Is California better off with
>>> or
>>> without almonds? Forget Wall Street, the answer is either yes or no.
>>
>> Not the point I was making.
>>
>>
>
> But the answer is important in deciding the fate of water distribution and
> almond growers. And to determine if you are being sold down the river or
> made better.
>
> Is there a yes or no?

Wall Street has been buying up orchards and massively over planting new
trees during a drought so as to satisfy Chinese demand and reap higher
rewards for investors. That makes the problem much worse if you are on trhe
side of we need to conserve water if we are going to get through this..

So are we better off? Depends on who you are I suppose.

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