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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On May 2, 2008, at 10:41 AM, Lynda wrote:

> Gene, you do realise the fallicy of your logic on this?

Lynda, do you realize the insult implied in your question?

>  Just because the
> farmers *supposedly* use 80% of the water doesn't mean that the the  
> balance
> of us shouldn't get more than 20%.  Particularly when the *supposed*  
> farmers
> WASTE water and some get the water and don't farm and use the water as
> income!
>
> That is not to forgive or make the waste of water by anyone  
> acceptable.
>
> However, it isn't *just* the urban areas that are up in arms.  There  
> are a
> whole bunch of folks who are sick and tired of the absolute assinine  
> waste
> of water in all its forms INCLUDING ag and the subsidies that create  
> a real
> problem for the folks the water is being STOLEN from!
>
> The Klamath is trashed, the Eel is trashed, the damns are down to  
> zip and
> all so some corporate fat cats can get their water next to free OR  
> that they
> can sell.  Plus, I find it highly offensive to have foreign  
> corporations own
> our water and damns!
>
> BTW, we *had* adaquate, and in fact, above normal snow pack in most  
> places.
> We've had a couple of abnormally dry and warm months.
>
> Lynda
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gene GeRue" <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
> > I hope your farmer friend is not affected by the California water
> > shortages I just read about. California agriculture uses about eighty
> > percent of the state's water but the urban areas are using their
> > political muscle to get more than their twenty percent. In what looks
> > like maybe the third year of inadequate snowpack, the politics will  
> > be
> > reheating.
> >
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