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Water deal with Imperial Valley on the line
The common, arrogant delusion that "it can't happen to US!" Our "leaders" are a bunch of ostriches. After every serious fire, the standard statements are "This was SO unexpected!" It ain't rocket science, folks--infinite demand upon a finite supply is not excusable ignorance, it is the definition of stupidity.— April 29, 2015 4:56 p.m.
Mayor’s Jumbotron debt
Lies, damn lies, and promises of politicians! Performance, performance, PERFORMANCE! That's ALL that counts!— April 29, 2015 4:45 p.m.
Publications again point finger at Copley water use
That's Copley's 1991 usage. What about the current owner of the San Diego Union/Tribune? Not to mention some of our top governmental officials, whose records should be obtainable. To be fair, the figures should reveal the sizes of the properties. A good investigative reporter should be able to get just about anybody's water meter readings . . .— April 19, 2015 8:56 p.m.
The nefarious nut
Talk about topic drift . . .— April 18, 2015 12:18 a.m.
The nefarious nut
The article pretends to reveal the methodology. It doesn't. It merely expects us to accept the consultant's AUTHORITY.— April 18, 2015 12:17 a.m.
The nefarious nut
Y'see, Don, we all need a good, sharp editor. I just picked this part to use as an example of what a handful of people could do on a larger scale--I can't spare the time right now to do a major study, and hoped to sow the seeds of a measured revolt to replace the window-dressing we are being fed by expensive consultants and government slaves through their bosses. Better than just being grousing gadflies grumbling generally, eh?— April 18, 2015 12:05 a.m.
The nefarious nut
As I said, kee-reckt! U R rite!— April 17, 2015 11:56 p.m.
The nefarious nut
Thanks. I miscounted the commas on my calculator. When I make a misteak, it's a BIG un.— April 17, 2015 11:55 p.m.
The nefarious nut
Re: "Twister: I suggest you demand a correction from Mother Jones. Best, Don Bauder" I'm not "demanding" anything. I'm suggesting that figuring out the facts in a comprehensive way need not be difficult, and that if a group of your readers would take a little bit of time to calculate the various segments of the State water-supply program's input-output we would inform ourselves better and perform a public service at the same time--not to mention bring you more readers.— April 16, 2015 8:37 a.m.
The nefarious nut
Sorry, I took more than 15 minutes and the Reader system rejected my edits (even though it allowed me to do the editing, it just wouldn't print it because I took too long. Therefore, you can remove the previous post and read this one instead: Lies, damn lies, and statistics again. Does *Mother Jones* reveal how "she" came up with "her" figures? Not that I doubt "her" or mistrust her; I just don't believe any figures, even my own, without revealing my sources and calculations. Intellectual/scholastic discipline. So here I go, with my own guesses based on studies in the distant past--I look forward to DISCIPLINED corrections. The evapotranspiration demand (ETo) rate for the Central Valley is in the realm of 4-5 acre-feet per acre. But let's give them 6 acre-feet per acre, even though I'd bet that they may use two or three times that much on alfalfa. One can't conflate alfalfa stats with almond stats, but since alfalfa is highly fertilized, it is likely to "require" more water than nut trees. But just for the hullofit, let's look at just the 70,000 acres x 6 = 420,000 acre-feet of water, or somewhere in the vicinity of 18 trillion gallons per year. Shasta reservoir has a capacity of about 4,552,000 acre-feet, so that works out to a little over nine percent--call it ten percent in round figures. 18 trillion gallons is enough for about 330,000 individuals for one year--IF they are really pinching their water useage down to about 150 gpd/capita. Looks like a mere 3,300,000 people could empty Shasta Reservoir in one year. So have a look at these figures and figure out what I did wrong, and work out the numbers for the entire service area of the Central Valley Water Project. We need each other to keep each other up to standard. In other words, let's work together to check out the drought and water supply/needs/demands "equation." "Mother" can't be wrong. [[version 2, rejected by Reader—more than 15 minutes]— April 15, 2015 10:18 p.m.