• oyo@lemm.ee
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    9 days ago

    Ooh ooh! I know this one! It's because you built a city for millions in the desert and have spent decades stealing water from elsewhere at insane cost and then using it to make an infinite supply of golf courses.

      • RoabeArt [he/him]
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        edit-2
        9 days ago

        The right is wavering between the fires being God's wrath for supporting woke, or the deep state using directed energy weapons to target conservatives.

      • miz [any, any]
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        9 days ago

        and the San Joaquin valley is subsiding at like AN INCH PER YEAR because of sucking out all the groundwater

        A new study shows land in California's San Joaquin Valley has been sinking at record-breaking rates over the last two decades as groundwater extraction has outpaced natural recharge. The researchers found that the average rate of sinking for the entire valley reached nearly an inch per year between 2006 and 2022.

        https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2024/11/groundwater-pumping-drives-rapid-sinking-in-california