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Environment & Energy

hunter

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2. Sometimes I think the farmers want the dust...

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Thu Jun 19, 2025, 11:58 AM

Jun 19

... so they can point to it and yell "We need more dams!" or other highly subsidized and environmentally destructive water projects.

There's a lot of land in California's Central Valley that should have never been converted to agriculture in the first place. This land should be restored to something resembling a natural state with a covering of tough drought resistant plants that reduce dust.

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As Droughts Intensify, More CA Famland Fallowed; Unsurprisingly, Dust Content In Central Valley Air Rising 36% /Decade [View all] hatrack Jun 19 OP

Those droughts are a myth. CA has so much water that Trump can release it wastefully. Norrrm Jun 19 #1

Sometimes I think the farmers want the dust... hunter Jun 19 #2