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Originally Posted by baggygreen
He didn't say "We're running out of water". He said there was an impending crisis in areas where the oil shale is, and he's right. Utah is a desert, and we are always right on the edge when it comes to having enough water. If it really takes that much, we will need to get it from somewhere else, and that's going to add to the cost.
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true - i was toying with the idea of putting in a disclaimer saying that i know Tchocky didnt say it himself..
Living down under, where about 70% of the bloody place is desert, i know exactly what you mean. its another, hidden cost, one of those that never seems to be recognised but is always sitting there in the shadows.[/quote]
We have more snowpack this year than any year on record thanks to Global Warming (pun intended), so water pumped to Utah is not a problem. We made a city rise from the desert without water - Phoenix. The colorado flows through this area as well. Water is not a problem.
-S