01-18-2016, 04:21 AM
(01-17-2016, 10:17 PM)HairOfTheDog Wrote: We don't have enough of it here in the Golden State. Those of us who don't have our heads up our asses know it's a precious commodity. From Mo's view within the Forgotten Land, he too knows -- denying its value is a loser's position.
The guy who shorted the housing market before the collapse is currently invested in water rights, far as I know.
In California, farmers use water to grow Almonds. One almond requires 1 gallon of water. 99% of the US almonds come from California.
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2...ater-going
Saudi Arabia's largest dairy has 15 sq miles of Arizona desert to grow hay. They planted thousands of acres of alfalfa. Such plants can't grow in Saudi Arabia anymore because of a drained aquifer.
http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015...roundwater