Comments on: Say “No” to Avocados?!

By: The EcoLibertarian

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By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:30:55 +0000

I see a lot of people are upset by this story and find it hard to believe the government is requiring farmers to cut back their crops. But, hello people….you live in an artifically enhance desert environment. Farmers should not be growing crops where they can’t grow on their own. The West is dying. Cities like Las Vegas and Phoenix are going to be in even worse shape! Farmers take approximately 90% of all fresh water supplies in California, while the residents are forced to cut back. Now it’s time for Farmers to pay the price. You want to live in a desert by the ocean? Well, it’s time to face that you’re going to have to pay a bigger toll than ever with high crop prices. Sorry, but we created this mess!

By: B-Man

B-Man — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:08:02 +0000

G-Dawg- Georgia hasn’t put forth an effort to conserve water flowing thru Atlanta since that area’s growth explosion in the 80’s. Don’t blame a little clam in Florida for your water woes- don’t blame the Apalachicola river oysters or the people who rely on that water for drinking, either. Blame your own stupid politicians who ignored the coming water crisis for the last decade and refused to do anything about it.

And Kerasin- many golf courses use effluent (treated, recycled wastewater) to keep the grass green. Vegas does a good job of reusing water, more cities should do the same. And rather than watering entire orchards, growers should look to more efficient means of watering- at the roots of the trees, below the surface to minimize evaporation.

By: Robert Boyd

Robert Boyd — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:49:39 +0000

The City of San Bernardino, Calif has so much underground water, that it is having to pump it out (North Lake Project) as it is an earthquake hazarad (liquefaction). The municipal water district can’t seem to get the required government money to finish the project and don’t know where they will sell the water once they start pumping! Maybe they should pipe it down to Valley Center to irrigate the avocados or, perhaps they should knock down the houses where the San Bernardino orchards used to be and use the water to reestablish the orchards.

In the meantime we continue to make our own water crisis by sending billions of gallons of half-cleaned sewer water out to the ocean instead of cleaning it and recharging our lakes and aquifers. Smart, aren’t we???

By: Jubal

Jubal — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 01:59:38 +0000

50 years of unregulated, uncontrolled residential “growth” in a region that is, for all intents and purposes, a desert.
An organization called the “Metropolitan Water District” that has nothing to do with ensuring water supplies, rather, when pressed (and only when you squeeze them) the MWD grudgingly admits that they sell “subscriptions” to water…
A group of communities run by “Supervisors” that are so well paid by the developers, that they happily sign off on Environmental Impact Reports that regularly say that those new housing developments, those big diesel warehouse complexes will have “No impact” on Water, Waste water, solid waste, traffic and air pollution. A group of politicians that, rather than seem “unfriendly” to more building, accept bribes to approve building and watch the future of the area become dust in the wind.
Zero Growth was an initiative 25 years ago that the politically-correct pundits said was not necessary.
Guess what? High price to pay for tuition.

By: Carol Easley

Carol Easley — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:43:38 +0000

This is a real shame that these people have to cut them down or plant other crops because of the water. Isn’t there any other alternatives to cutting these prescious trees and fruit down?

HEADS UP FOLKS! THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNIG! WATER IS A LUXURY AND WE NEED TO TAKE CARE NOT TO CONTAMINATE THE WATER SYSTEMS THAT WE DRINK! ALL OF THE DRUG DEALERS THAT MAKE METH POUR THEIR CRUD INTO THE CREEKS, LAKES, AND WATER SYSTEMS.

STOP DRUGS NOW!

By: Paul Leavens

Paul Leavens — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:33:50 +0000

We need more dams and settling basins to save what is falling in the counties when the big rains come.

By: Paul Leavens

Paul Leavens — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:31:05 +0000

Sounds like we better have a crash program to save the water that falls in our counties—water storage (DAMS) to keep it from wasting out to sea during the few big storms that we have so seldom.
Ventura county should rebuild matilija and put two new dams on the Sespe and our water problems would be largely solved!

By: Tom G.

Tom G. — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:08:17 +0000

What gets me is all the water that is used for landscaping…..recent articles in the Lancaster, CA paper stated that between 50% and 70% of domestic and municipal water usage was for “outdoor” usage (landscape, washing cars etc). Add to that, all of the swimming pools and other things that we feel we “must have” in the desert……and this is one of the results. We need to shift our focus from “wants” to “needs” (make the necessities of life, like growing food, a higher priority than having green grass in the desert).

By: Vikki

Vikki — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 17:12:41 +0000

California’s problem is population, and the destruction of the natural habitat. If you want to live somewhere to have a lawn and trees etc, YOU DON’T MOVE TO THE DESERT!!! Bunch of idots live in CA, glad I don’t anymore.

By: Fred Ferrazzano

Fred Ferrazzano — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 15:19:49 +0000

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Take a long view outside to the West. Yes, that’s the Great Pacific Ocean; there is no shortage of water. Many of us are clamoring to convert the salt water to useful fresh as have most steam vessels. We should convince our legislators to approve the creation of nuclear powered desalination plants along our California coast to supply the heat exchange equipment to facilitate the economical transfer via boilers and evaporators of the plentiful salt water to fresh. The studies have been done but the political response has been negative. Stop cutting down trees. Instead, let’s use our ingenuity to creat, not destroy.

By: Fred Ferrazzano

Fred Ferrazzano — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 15:12:56 +0000

By: Joan Rich

Joan Rich — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:52:44 +0000

Environmentalist wackos and over population - welcome to the third world annex of Mexico!! It will only get worse. The greatest threat to the world is over population, not a trumped up global warming liberal agenda. The US was not in danger of this threat until the illegal alien invasion began.

By: Luis H

Luis H — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:38:27 +0000

In an insignificant amount of time, humans will be extinct as well, so I don’t see what the fuss about the fish is all about.

By: Roger Stirton

Roger Stirton — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 16:53:30 +0000

Born and raised in Southern Cal. There is enough water in the Sacramento delta area to water all of California with much to spare, but, all the liberal nimby whiners in Northern California vote any water project down.I now live in Arizona, not as many people same amount of whiners. Just like gas , when food prices get high enough, many will move to another country, maybe take over Mexico.

By: Robert Roland

Robert Roland — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:14:44 +0000

Here in Colorado it’s almost impossible to find an Avocado not grown in Mexico, and many of us refuse to buy Mexican grown products. It’s sad that California, once the leader in such foods has allowed a misguided group of overzealous folks to destroy their economy and their future. Perhaps once they complete the annexation to Mexico they can once again start sending us Avocados.

By: Doug

Doug — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 13:16:12 +0000

Less than 80 miles from those avocado trees is Borrego Springs. A town of about 3,000 residence in the desert east of San Diego. There, the agri-businesses are over-drafting the aquifer by 5 times the annual recharge. They are literally sucking the life out from under the town. There is no reasonable or beneficial reason for these agri-businesses to continue to do this but the water board in this town is taking the politically correct path to destruction. I guess there is one benefit. The agri-busnesses do provide work for all the illegal aliens in the area.

By: Cheri

Cheri — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:03:23 +0000

So really, when is the last time you bought fish from America? Oh My Goodness No, America grows something that is used in America! (sarcasim here) So then some Agency (gov’t?) says “That can’t be right” so they figured out a way to stop that. After all, America must save the world…….Who then will save Us? I guess we can IMPORT Avacados too huh? From China? Will they then be leaded Avacados? Just a question, what do we EXPORT that the world can not live without? I think it is about time that we think about America!

By: Glenda

Glenda — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 03:18:07 +0000

Since there is only so much water available, then something has to give. Maybe if someone started talking about population control as well as resource management then there would be adequate resources for a sustainable number of people, for wildlife, and for the avocados. But, hey, lets just squawk about the problem and dodge the real underlying issue.

By: Paula

Paula — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:31:07 +0000

Golf courses!!!! El Paso is the same. We get 9 - 10 inches of rain a year and they keep putting in golf courses. Now why is it we are having water restrictions? HMMMM….