elektra
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How to start such a great thought.
Is it really that simple, the government screams, "drought". The newspaper and media, owned by corporations scream, "drought". The farmers need water and there is none, its sad.
But is it that simple?
Farmers, what is a farmer in California, are you thinking Farmer John? I am thinking big Corporations.
I bet one farmer alone owns over a 100,000 acres of land, I bet oil companies own 10's of thousands of acres of farmland in California.
Anyhow, has anyone heard of the Twin-Tunnels project? Its a project to move water in California, biggest ever imagined, it will consume millions alone in electricity. Its crazy huge, biggest water project ever imagined. All while we get beat up with stories of drought, drought, drought. How come we have not heard of this 70$ Billion dollar project. The Twin-Tunnels. They propose to actually build tunnels to carry water under the wetlands of California, through earthquake country?
Its got to be about the money and power, right?
Santa Barbara County Cannot Afford the Twin Tunnels Project California Water Impact Network
Is it really that simple, the government screams, "drought". The newspaper and media, owned by corporations scream, "drought". The farmers need water and there is none, its sad.
But is it that simple?
Farmers, what is a farmer in California, are you thinking Farmer John? I am thinking big Corporations.
I bet one farmer alone owns over a 100,000 acres of land, I bet oil companies own 10's of thousands of acres of farmland in California.
Anyhow, has anyone heard of the Twin-Tunnels project? Its a project to move water in California, biggest ever imagined, it will consume millions alone in electricity. Its crazy huge, biggest water project ever imagined. All while we get beat up with stories of drought, drought, drought. How come we have not heard of this 70$ Billion dollar project. The Twin-Tunnels. They propose to actually build tunnels to carry water under the wetlands of California, through earthquake country?
Its got to be about the money and power, right?
Santa Barbara County Cannot Afford the Twin Tunnels Project California Water Impact Network
The Twin Tunnels is a joint proposal by Governor Jerry Brown, the federal Interior Department and powerful agribusiness water contractors to maximize transfers of water from Northern California to Southern California as part of the administration’s the Bay-Delta Conservation Plan. The scheme calls for three gigantic intakes located in the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta that would connect to two subterranean tunnels, each 40 feet in diameter and approximately 30 miles long. These twin tunnels would shunt high-quality fresh water from the Sacramento River for distribution via the State Water Project to San Joaquin Valley agribusiness, Silicon Valley and South State cities and suburbs.