Do you any idea how much water the big almond growers use?

@GaryMysels None, now. I have neighbors who sold their dead almond orchard in California and moved to our irrigated desert oasis.

@DMcCreery1956 @RobD1 @GaryMysels @eschatologyguy @iThink

California was once a farming superpower, with wines that rivaled France and Italy. Today, Cal can't build a commuter rail linking LA and SF.

The San Joaquin estuary should be dammed to create a freshwater reservoir, and not a drop of the river should make it to the ocean.

That being said, some water has to be released to the ocean to keep the reservoir desalinated.

Cal's aqueduct system sucks, and they don't even have the power to operate it. Cal needs bigger aqueducts and it needs power.

How did you create the desert oasis?

Things that California will lose:

@jaymaron Jay, in backward Southern Idaho, farming and ranching are human priorities, not annoyances. We use our rivers to produce food, rather than spy centers. Agriculture has senior water rights. So far, those rights have been upheld. Every summer, my house is surrounded by a green forest of potatoes, beets, cow corn and alfalfa. The evening breeze is thick with the smell of money, aka dairy manure. Last year, the aquafir was refreshed to compensate for residential and food processing growth. I am sad for California. It was a naturally rich and sustaining state. Born in Humboldt County.

@jaymaron The Marxist government of CA has to be replaced first before improvements are made, or they'll just mess it up.