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Don't care....let them secede and deal with it themselves..
"You knew this was going to happen, and you knew it was going to happen in the desert-like South and Southwest. And whether the God-fearing folks in rural Texas knew it or not, when they voted for all those Drill-Baby-Drill Republicans (and Democrats who seek power by imitating them), they voted themselves out of water."
Because of fracking, there are towns in Texas where you turn on the tap and... ...and nothing happens.
- "Of course the warming-worsened drought in Texas has left much of the state parched. The town of Barnhart actually ran out of water. And the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality projects some 30 communities could run out of water by years end."
- "Every fracking job requires several million gallons of water. Only about 20 percent to 25 percent on average of the water is recovered, while the rest disappears underground, never to be seen again. Fracking is probably not the wisest use of water anywhere, but in a drought its downright self-destructive."
- "The epic tragedy is that most of the water used for fracking is not recoverable, and the fossil fuels being unsustainably extracted with dwindling water supplies are only speeding up the day when the droughts become permanent and the land turns into a Dust Bowl.
West Texas has a long history of recurring drought, but under climate change, the south-west has been experiencing record-breaking heatwaves, further drying out the soil and speeding the evaporation of water in lakes and reservoirs. Underground aquifers failed to regenerate. What happens is that climate change comes on top and in many cases it can be the final straw that breaks the camels back, but the camel is already overloaded, said [Texas climatologist Katharine Hayhoe].Recent rains in Texas havent changed the picture much. Weve got to get floods. Weve got to get a hurricane to move up in our country and just saturate everything to replenish the aquifer, said Owens. Because when the water is gone. Thats it. Were gone."
Excerpted from:
Fracking Vs. The Drought: They Call It Texas Tea, But You Can't Drink Oil
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that's that caring for others we all expect...wear it proud
who the hell do you THINK has been taking care of their state, New Yarkers, New Jessssry...jeeewhize awful people
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"You knew this was going to happen, and you knew it was going to happen in the desert-like South and Southwest. And whether the God-fearing folks in rural Texas knew it or not, when they voted for all those Drill-Baby-Drill Republicans (and Democrats who seek power by imitating them), they voted themselves out of water."
Because of fracking, there are towns in Texas where you turn on the tap and... ...and nothing happens.
- "Of course the warming-worsened drought in Texas has left much of the state parched. The town of Barnhart actually ran out of water. And the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality projects some 30 communities could run out of water by years end."
- "Every fracking job requires several million gallons of water. Only about 20 percent to 25 percent on average of the water is recovered, while the rest disappears underground, never to be seen again. Fracking is probably not the wisest use of water anywhere, but in a drought its downright self-destructive."
- "The epic tragedy is that most of the water used for fracking is not recoverable, and the fossil fuels being unsustainably extracted with dwindling water supplies are only speeding up the day when the droughts become permanent and the land turns into a Dust Bowl.
West Texas has a long history of recurring drought, but under climate change, the south-west has been experiencing record-breaking heatwaves, further drying out the soil and speeding the evaporation of water in lakes and reservoirs. Underground aquifers failed to regenerate. What happens is that climate change comes on top and in many cases it can be the final straw that breaks the camels back, but the camel is already overloaded, said [Texas climatologist Katharine Hayhoe].Recent rains in Texas havent changed the picture much. Weve got to get floods. Weve got to get a hurricane to move up in our country and just saturate everything to replenish the aquifer, said Owens. Because when the water is gone. Thats it. Were gone."
Excerpted from:
Fracking Vs. The Drought: They Call It Texas Tea, But You Can't Drink Oil
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Texas has a history of swinging between droughts and floods.
It's call weather.