Scientists sometimes refer to the effect a hotter world will have on this country’s fresh water as the other water problem, because global warming more commonly evokes the specter of rising oceans submerging our great coastal cities. By comparison, the steady decrease in mountain snowpack — the loss of the deep accumulation of high-altitude winter snow that melts each spring to provide the American West with most of its water — seems to be a more modest worry.
“It’s well outside probabilities,” she said — but it could happen. “In that case, it’s not just a Las Vegas problem. You have three entire states wiped out: Arizona, California and Nevada. Because you can’t replace those volumes with desalted ocean water.”
Smart growth too late enters the planning arena. Talking about asphalt, though, I wish it could be replaced where feasible with porous pavement that can reduce runoff, boost recharging groundwater levels and diminish combined sewer overflows during heavy rainfall events.
It's not large urban areas that are problems but I would like to see a chunk of the cars banned from crowding us all. Here in NYC we are the most energy efficient of all between mass transit and heat and cooling contained by dense living. Cross my heart we live in littler square feet.
The problem is remote pockets of excessive resource drains that are created by crooked bank loans, speculator developers and Members of Congress. Create a road to a place difficult to inhabit, divert scarce resources, build with no regard for the demands balance what is sustainable and never bother to look at the impact the sprawling has on the ecosystem, the energy use etc.
I remember waiting in gas lines with the Nixon OPEC fiasco. Congress and every other voice claimed we would be on a new policy not reliant on foreign oil. The same Bush Sr., Cheney, Baker and the list of old guarde, goes on and on of who were in the loop then and swearing energy independence. US policies don't support mass transit, NYC is the best in terms of getting around and it's been neglected and run into the ground by more corrupt politics, the city doesn't even control that, too many hands to siphon but the point. The ones who were saying no OPEC in the Nixon time are pumping oil profits now, toss in war you can charge taxpayers more. How much oil does the Pentagon burn??
I've always thought desert areas don't lend themselves to large urban populations. Nature keeps trying to tell folks, but they don't listen.
Large urban populations don't blend well anywhere. Asphalt and autos can really ruin the ambiance.
Smart growth too late enters the planning arena. Talking about asphalt, though, I wish it could be replaced where feasible with porous pavement that can reduce runoff, boost recharging groundwater levels and diminish combined sewer overflows during heavy rainfall events.
It's not large urban areas that are problems but I would like to see a chunk of the cars banned from crowding us all. Here in NYC we are the most energy efficient of all between mass transit and heat and cooling contained by dense living. Cross my heart we live in littler square feet.
The problem is remote pockets of excessive resource drains that are created by crooked bank loans, speculator developers and Members of Congress. Create a road to a place difficult to inhabit, divert scarce resources, build with no regard for the demands balance what is sustainable and never bother to look at the impact the sprawling has on the ecosystem, the energy use etc.
I remember waiting in gas lines with the Nixon OPEC fiasco. Congress and every other voice claimed we would be on a new policy not reliant on foreign oil. The same Bush Sr., Cheney, Baker and the list of old guarde, goes on and on of who were in the loop then and swearing energy independence. US policies don't support mass transit, NYC is the best in terms of getting around and it's been neglected and run into the ground by more corrupt politics, the city doesn't even control that, too many hands to siphon but the point. The ones who were saying no OPEC in the Nixon time are pumping oil profits now, toss in war you can charge taxpayers more. How much oil does the Pentagon burn??