and that doesn't need mowing, edging, trimming or anything. that looks nice. i mean my real grass looks like that (for the type of grass i have), but i put a lot work into it.
No that trolling account does not do any of that irlDo you have this sort of bravado in real life? Like, do you go to work and say the most ignorant shyt you can think of with your full chest? How do people react?
* First off, population growth slowed dramatically during the One Child Policy, so I'm perplexed by your suggestion it wasn't a success (how much the one child policy created that population curve and how much would have come anyway from prosperity is debated, but either way it was a success so your dig makes no sense).
* Second, there was MASSIVE economic growth while the one child policy was in place, which kills your argument that population growth is necessary for economic prosperity.
* Finally, until recently there was ZERO attempt to use socialist policy to limit resource use in China during that growth period, because the entire drive of Chinese policy was "State Capitalism" - the attempt to use the global capitalist economy to serve the state.
You couldn't have picked a more ignorant response. It's mind-blowing how regularly you do this. Please, JUST READ ONE fukkING CHAPTER OF A BOOK! I linked you 3 chapters, read one of them! When was the last time you read any chapter of any informative nonfiction book? Seriously, I want to know. The consistency with which you show ignorance on every topic astounds me.
How many million are we looking at dead?
Year | Jan | Jul | Dec | Net +/- |
2020 | 1094.68 | 1084.63 | 1083.72 | -10.96ft |
2021 | 1085.95 | 1067.65 | 1066.39 | -19.56ft |
2022 | 1067.09 | Current is 1,040.81 | -26.28ft |
Arizona and Nevada face another round of water cuts as drought hammers Colorado River water levels
By Lucas Thompson
3-4 minutes
Arizona and Nevada will be hit with another round of cuts to their water supply, as the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation said Tuesday that the ongoing drought continues to threaten water levels of the Colorado River and, by extension, impact communities across the West.
The announcement comes as western portions of the U.S. have already had to take a series of rare and even unprecedented steps to ration water to large parts of the country. Water levels in Nevada’s Lake Mead, the nation’s largest reservoir, hit historic lows in June.
Tuesday’s announcement included designating Lake Mead to operate in a Tier-2a shortage, which increases water restrictions on Arizona, Nevada and parts of Mexico. It is the first time the lake has been pushed to that designation.
The new regulations are based on federal government projections of reservoir water levels over the next 24 months and will take effect in January 2023.
“Every sector in every state has a responsibility to ensure that water is used with maximum efficiency,” Tanya Trujillo, assistant secretary for water and science at the Department of Interior, said in a statement. “In order to avoid a catastrophic collapse of the Colorado River System and a future of uncertainty and conflict, water use in the Basin must be reduced,” she added.
Water rights work based on negotiated agreements on how much water a particular state or country can draw from a body such as Lake Mead. The Colorado River provides water to seven states and Mexico, as stipulated in a 2019 agreement that outlines the river’s water administration amid the ongoing historic drought exacerbated by the effects of climate change.
Based on that agreement, Arizona and Nevada face the steepest cuts. In Tier-2a, Arizona will forfeit an additional 80,000 acre feet of water from Lake Mead, taking water away from cities and tribes, in addition to the state’s agriculture sector which was already hit by a previous round of cuts.
The new restrictions come as the seven states that rely on the Colorado River system missed a deadline mandated by the Bureau of Reclamation to come up with a plan to conserve at least 15% more water on top of preexisting restrictions.
The Bureau of Reclamation announced a number of ways they hope to help “meet this increased conservation need” through administrative actions, investments and support. The bureau did not specifically say what those actions and investments are or how they will be implemented.
Water levels of Lake Mead are expected to continue to drop, and restrictions are expected to continue to mount.
The restrictions, on top of the additional aspirations by the bureau, have led to some tension between the parties involved, most notably from Arizona, which continues to bear the brunt of the water cuts.
“Where we’re doing the lion’s share, California is doing zip, and Mexico is doing some of it, but not very much,” said Ted Cooke, general manager of the Central Arizona Project, which delivers water to more than 80% of the state’s population. “Doing more for us is an extremely heavy lift and we can’t do it without other folks doing the equivalent.”