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      138 months ago

      People take it to the logical extreme by converting large tracts in water catching systems. Not an issue if a few do it but it usually isn’t just a few. It starts depleting aquifers and rivers, causing damage to the ecosystem and communities down the way. Doesn’t even need to be water scarce areas either.

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        08 months ago

        Okay so let’s say a million acres get turned into above ground kiddie pools. These people collect and store as much water as they can, so it’s like a million acres times day ten feet deep.

        How much of an effect is that water going to have on the surrounding hydrology, being trapped on those properties?

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          68 months ago

          Well, it would amount to about 224 days of average flow of the Colorado River in a given year. So that would probably affect things quite a bit.

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            18 months ago

            Okay, so how close is the actual amount being collected, to a million acres times ten feet deep?

            Do you think it’s ten percent of that? Is everyone with an acre keeping the equivalent of a foot of water on their property?

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          88 months ago

          According to the Anything Goes Act of 2022, you are allowed to say whatever horseshit you want and it is a legit argument.

          Candy bars? Nuclear death sticks from planet Zorb

          Want fries with that? You’re an antisemite. That’ll be $5.87

          Collecting rainwater? You’re a Hamas agent and everybody knows it

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        Hamas is only in Gaza. This is a West Bank thing where the Israeli government imposing it’s own civil laws is a war crime.

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                48 months ago

                The West Bank is nominally run by the Palestinian Authority. However it is occupied by the Israeli Army and Israeli settlers are using colonial age tactics to push out the Palestinians with the backing of the Army. One of those tactics is to claim an area that includes a water source and dam it.

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            I mean, you’re right that there is an organization terrorizing West Bank. They are also terrorizing Gaza. And a lot of what they are doing serves as pro-Hamas propaganda.