• mojo_raisin@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    I’m sure people will hate me for saying this, but we should be phasing out unsustainable cities like Las Vegas, not giving them incentives to build up even more.

    I live in Vegas (an am partly excited about the train because, well it’s a train and it will make it easier to visit family) and fully agree. This place is uninhabitable for 3 months out of the year without technological assistance (air conditioning). But I think this applies to many places both too hot and too cold. Even Southern California has no water without massive exploitation of the Colorado River. Our population is simply too much for the planet.

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      2 years ago

      Los Angeles could get all the water it needs from the Pacific Ocean with existing technology, whenever the politics requires it.

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        2 years ago

        True, especially with some of the recent advancements, but of course politicians doing anything smart is where the impossiblity lies.