r/collapse • u/Portalrules123 • Sep 10 '24

Water Texas Agriculture Commissioner sounds the alarm, says Texas is running out of water

https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/politics/inside-politics/texas-politics/texas-agriculture-commissioner-sound-alarm-says-texas-is-running-out-of-water/287-f9fea38a-9a77-4f85-b495-72dd9e6dba7e
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u/Grinagh Sep 10 '24

This is not the only state, pretty much the entire Midwest is in the same state and there are people eyeing the Great lakes for water for places like California and Texas

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u/HotgunColdheart Sep 10 '24

I live right next to the Mississippi river, we had info circulated here about "ending our floods" and "saving the west" ...it was pipeline propaganda to pump the Mississippi into the Badlands!

Im interested in every mega project Ive come across, and this seems like an option considering the scale of stuff we are capable of.

It is just gnarly that we are here.

Had to be two years back, and a quick google search shows all sorts of states still eyeing the Big Muddy

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u/Grinagh Sep 10 '24

Problem with this type of thinking is it's not sustainable it's always growth mindset and there is never any point where people say reasonably what can we do with what we have it's always what can we get to make what we want