Comments on: Forget Global Warming; It’s the Least of Our Problems http://blog.mountainfilm.org/2008/01/03/forget-global-warming-its-the-least-of-our-problems/ Celebrating Indomitable Spirit Fri, 4 Jul 2008 02:55:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: brooksut http://blog.mountainfilm.org/2008/01/03/forget-global-warming-its-the-least-of-our-problems/#comment-7799 Fri, 04 Jan 2008 23:21:08 +0000 http://blog.mountainfilm.org/2008/01/03/forget-global-warming-its-the-least-of-our-problems/#comment-7799 John Wesley Powell knew it all along, The west is an arid environment that can't support a heavy population. He warned against relying on western rivers to supply water. And yet, the Colorado River has been a jewel of mismanagement throughout the 20th century. When Glen Canyon was being built they allocated water to western states based on calculations from a high water year. Oops. You can imagine their surprise the next few average years. What do you think of just blowing up Glen Canyon and Hoover dams and expediting the inevitable? John Wesley Powell knew it all along, The west is an arid environment that can’t support a heavy population. He warned against relying on western rivers to supply water. And yet, the Colorado River has been a jewel of mismanagement throughout the 20th century. When Glen Canyon was being built they allocated water to western states based on calculations from a high water year. Oops. You can imagine their surprise the next few average years.

What do you think of just blowing up Glen Canyon and Hoover dams and expediting the inevitable?

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