DAM WATER
Western Fresno County
The San Joaquin Valley, and particularly the counties of Merced, Madera, Fresno, Tulare, Kern, and Kings, are extremely conservative politically and largely agricultural. All are located in an arid area receiving less than 13 inches of rain a year. For many years, they have grown their crops by sucking up water from the underground aquifer. Needless to say that is not a infinite resource, however they treat it as such. Ground is actually sinking (subsidence) because of this. These agricultural interests have advocated damning up all the rivers to reserve water from the spring snowmelt in the Sierras. In many instances they have succeeded in these efforts. The salmon runs are all gone because of this, and the rivers are dry in parts of the year. Of course the farmers expect the taxpayer to bear the burden of the huge expense of building dams so they can make more money. You see, they're really socialists. lol
These people do not give a damn (pun intended) about the environment. They would dam their mothers' birth canals if it would benefit them financially.
So, anyway--where was I?-- these signs in one form or another can be found on every highway and byway around the Central San Joaquin Valley. I find them amusing because of the way they can be changed to alter the meanings. How about, "Damn, water grows food." Or, "Damn water grows food."
Oh, it's all fun and games, and meanwhile the planet is dying.
phys.org/news/2019-03-western-droughts-permanent-loss-maj...
DAM WATER
Western Fresno County
The San Joaquin Valley, and particularly the counties of Merced, Madera, Fresno, Tulare, Kern, and Kings, are extremely conservative politically and largely agricultural. All are located in an arid area receiving less than 13 inches of rain a year. For many years, they have grown their crops by sucking up water from the underground aquifer. Needless to say that is not a infinite resource, however they treat it as such. Ground is actually sinking (subsidence) because of this. These agricultural interests have advocated damning up all the rivers to reserve water from the spring snowmelt in the Sierras. In many instances they have succeeded in these efforts. The salmon runs are all gone because of this, and the rivers are dry in parts of the year. Of course the farmers expect the taxpayer to bear the burden of the huge expense of building dams so they can make more money. You see, they're really socialists. lol
These people do not give a damn (pun intended) about the environment. They would dam their mothers' birth canals if it would benefit them financially.
So, anyway--where was I?-- these signs in one form or another can be found on every highway and byway around the Central San Joaquin Valley. I find them amusing because of the way they can be changed to alter the meanings. How about, "Damn, water grows food." Or, "Damn water grows food."
Oh, it's all fun and games, and meanwhile the planet is dying.
phys.org/news/2019-03-western-droughts-permanent-loss-maj...