CitizenVectron Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 And during a heat wave: 165,000 people in West Texas could be without water for days amid heat wave after main breaks WWW.NBCNEWS.COM Ector County declared a state of disaster as the city of Odessa potentially faces 48 hours of no water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uaarkson Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 You’re going to start seeing stories of poor people popping up dead in their cars in random parking lots, after running out of gas trying to run the only A/C they have. Welcome to 21st century America, I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uaarkson Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 We should have begun massively expanding nuclear a decade ago lmao, our electrical grid is so fucked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uaarkson Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 I’m honestly fine if desert cities like Phoenix and especially Las Vegas go the Blade Runner 2049 route, net positive for society there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marioandsonic Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 29 minutes ago, Uaarkson said: I’m honestly fine if desert cities like Phoenix and especially Las Vegas go the Blade Runner 2049 route, net positive for society there I was going to say the Fallout route, but that works too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 1 hour ago, CitizenVectron said: And during a heat wave: 165,000 people in West Texas could be without water for days amid heat wave after main breaks WWW.NBCNEWS.COM Ector County declared a state of disaster as the city of Odessa potentially faces 48 hours of no water. They’re gonna look so fucking ripped tho 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimpleG Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 Thousands of Cattle Reported Dead | Iowa Corn WWW.IOWACORN.ORG Fucking shitty cattle yards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 'Moment of reckoning:' Federal official warns of Colorado River water supply cuts NEWS.YAHOO.COM The Colorado River's reservoirs have diminished to the point that significant cuts to the water supplied to the seven states that rely on it will be necessary next year, a federal official warned Tuesday. Quote The Colorado River’s reservoirs have diminished to the point that significant cuts to the water supplied to the seven states that rely on it will be necessary next year, a federal official warned Tuesday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 I have to wonder what crops are being watered with this water in addition to the water for people to drink and use Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 28 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: I have to wonder what crops are being watered with this water in addition to the water for people to drink and use Alfalfa to send to Chinese cows. That's what the vast majority of Utah's water goes towards. Oh and it's like 2% of the State's GDP. Our governor was an alfalfa farmer. I'm sure this problem will be rectified soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 4 minutes ago, GeneticBlueprint said: Alfalfa to send to Chinese cows. That's what the vast majority of Utah's water goes towards. Oh and it's like 2% of the State's GDP. Our governor was an alfalfa farmer. I'm sure this problem will be rectified soon. That all seems above the board and good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 Yes but technically the wet bulb temperature hasn't been reached for 100% of the planet's surface, so the Earth is still habitable and climate change is a hoax. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 On 6/8/2022 at 1:28 PM, b_m_b_m_b_m said: This would probably be the largest engineering feat of all time. Just to match existing evaporation you’d need to add 2.9 million acre feet of water per year. That’s 3.6 trillion cubic meters, or about 150 cubic meters per second to simply match evaporation (this is all per a quick google search or ten). If we used one large tube it would have to have a diameter of 14 meters for this volume. I didn’t consider what is coming into the lake from current natural sources but I don’t care. You’d need over 130 four foot diameter pipelines (slightly smaller in diameter than what I could find as the widest oil pipeline). You’d have a minimum distance of over 800 miles per pipeline to travel so these things would be everywhere. The energy input required would be absolutely enormous to overcome the losses due to the sheer length of the lines. but on the plus side if you’re doing this you might as well desalinate water for the entire west and Mexico as that would be a tiny fraction of the total volume of water needed for this. It has the added benefit of helping make the water entering the great salt lake the appropriate salinity as it is saltier on average than the ocean, also giving you a place to safely put the brackish waste water making the desalination process less environmentally destructive. At $500/linear foot of material cost (made up number but who cares) it would be only $350billion for the pipe materials not for install or pumps or anything else. it’s needlessly dumb, costly, and insanely large. I LOVE IT. A dichotomy in one tweet. Not nearly as much water as @b_m_b_m_b_m needs, but also exactly what his bust would look like if his Salt Lake project was completed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 1 hour ago, Kal-El814 said: A dichotomy in one tweet. Not nearly as much water as @b_m_b_m_b_m needs, but also exactly what his bust would look like if his Salt Lake project was completed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 Utah called out big time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 14 minutes ago, GeneticBlueprint said: Utah called out big time. RIP to a real one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 19 minutes ago, GeneticBlueprint said: Utah called out big time. So JO is not a fan of The Big Pump? cancelled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 1 minute ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: So JO is not a fan of The Big Pump? cancelled He only said the pump from the Miss' to AZ was stupid which it is while the one from the Pacific to the Great Salt Lake would obviously be awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 Just now, GeneticBlueprint said: He only said the pump from the Miss' to AZ was stupid which it is while the one from the Pacific to the Great Salt Lake would obviously be awesome. Might have to watch it now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 4 hours ago, ManUtdRedDevils said: John Oliver is so unfunny you would think he is a conservative Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 31 minutes ago, sblfilms said: John Oliver is so unfunny you would think he is a conservative What you’re forgetting is this: he’s British Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anathema- Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 2 hours ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: What you’re forgetting is this: he’s British british jason biggs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 Quote U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm expressed interest in potentially lifting smog-fighting gasoline rulesto fight high pump prices and backed off a plan to ban fuel exports during a wide-ranging meeting with refiners, two industry sources said on Thursday. U.S. meets with refiners on high pump prices; no plan yet -sources WWW.REUTERS.COM U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm expressed interest in potentially lifting smog-fighting gasoline rulesto fight high pump prices and backed off a plan to ban fuel exports during a wide-ranging meeting with refiners, two industry sources said on Thursday. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nokra Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 Keep prices high, I say. Long live the Prius! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 Humans can't endure temperatures and humidities as high as previously thought | Penn State University WWW.PSU.EDU Penn State researchers found that the maximum wet-bulb temperature humans can endure is lower than previously thought — about 31°C wet-bulb or 87°F at 100% humidity — even for young... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 Are we all going to die soon? Because it sounds like we're all going to die soon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaladinSolo Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 5 hours ago, Derek said: Are we all going to die soon? Because it sounds like we're all going to die soon. No just all the people that live in areas without winter are going to die. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uaarkson Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 Once again, Michigan is looking pretty these days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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marioandsonic Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 On 6/30/2022 at 1:41 AM, Derek said: Are we all going to die soon? Because it sounds like we're all going to die soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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