The Colorado River Is Dying – And It Could Crash The Economy | Answers With Joe

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1. https://youtube.com/c/KaramiZaman

2. As long as Las Vegas is running water fountains I don't want to hear any complaints.
   The actual root of these problems is overpopulation, but we don't want to talk about that.

3. I blame Coors, and by extension, fewer deer pissing in the river.

4. Not sure if there is anything to this, but a friend noted that the snow levels started to drop shortly after a couple of nearby states made drastic changes to their forestry departments. Changes that lead to larger and more intense fires (also turning down a couple of forestry department recommended man-made lakes), resulting in a drying effect that ends with less snow, then less melt. The forestry changes and massive fires part are pretty well documented so I'm thinking there might be something to the theory. Seems like if this is a big contributor to the issue it would certainly be something we could fix now and without a huge financial impact.

5. Water pipeline from Canada?

6. Maybe cali should stop flushing fresh water. Then they can use that water and restrict the CRR.

7. I designed and built an alternator for wind generators in the 1980s right when oil got cheap. Of course, nothing happened.

8. Did anyone else get thirsty watching this? Lol Amen 🙏 Brother preach it I live in Arizona and they won’t stop building houses down here big future problems ahead unfortunately

9. The amazing part is we all can recognize the climate change issue but the problem is the so called "solutions". We have achieved a state where we have put the concept of having climate change agreements between countries over the concept of having agreements that positively affect climate change. So far our politicians can only seem to agree on creating systems that are designed to transfer wealth from western countries to the rest of the world, all the while they completely ignore what china and india generate for carbon and ignore brazile cutting down the rainforest. Then we get off on worthless tangents like cow farts when we should be stopping coal fired power plants in china. Chinas coal plants are some of the dirtiest in the world and they are opening them at an astonishing rate. If we can't be serious enough to go after the big carbon producers right from the start we have lost before we began.

10. just hook up a hose and refill the lake jeez.

11. I know I didn't have to watch this…but the statistics portion of it is important to understand. But dude…please just stop with your attempts at humor. It ruins the professionalism of the presentation. Good information dude. Thanks.

12. The Joel Salatin style of farming will help.

13. 13:34 'Adapting to climate change' is what a lot of people are saying. But it is an example of the very thinking that caused this horrendous problem in the first place, because instead of radical action it offers a 'less uncomfortable' alternative. 'Oh, climate change is happening, we'll have to adapt to survive.' Not acting to stop climate change means it inevitably gets *worse*. Soon enough much of the planet has become uninhabitable and food production has dwindled to the point where billions of people starve. Let's see you adapt to that.

14. Build an aqueduct from the Midwest to the Colorado river along Route 66 powered by solar and wind pumps

15. The cause, climate change or the fact that no one does a rain dance anymore? hmmm

16. A major factor is also the non-native tamarisk plant that has spread along much of the river banks and sucks up waayyy too much water

17. Quit building golf courses in Nevada and CA. I’m a golfer.

18. JOE, Glad to see you talking about this. It would be great if you would do a few more episodes on water; for example how over the last 50 years the Ogallala Aquifer, one of the world's largest aquifers the runs from Texas to Wyoming supplies about 30% of America's agricultural lands is being quickly depleted, leaving some farms, especially on its western edge with dry wells. One the glacier melt ice in the aquifer is gone, those farms will return to grassland if we are lucky, and dessert if not. Or do one on the how Mexico city, the central valley of California, and Jakarta are sinking because of the depletion of groundwater. Another nice episode would be about cities like Chennai, India (population about 10 million) that have run out of water. If we don't allocate and use our resources sustainably, it will end our civilization. This is as important (and linked to) climate change, but most people are not aware of how seriously we will soon be in trouble if we don't fix this now.

19. You want me to dump a birthday card in the Colorado River?

20. Joe does it bother you that a good portion of your viewers probably don't understand your videos the way you intend them to be understood? Not this one in particular just in general. Because honestly I'm not the brightest and don't fully understand but get the gist of what you're trying to convey.

21. Is cloud seeding viable at all in helping this?

22. Here's a thought: STOP harvesting thirsty plants like almonds and making sure all the rich bastards eliminate those lush green golf courses. Plenty of this water shortage is due explicitly to WASTE policies. And yes – I don't see how inviting more people to live in an already environmentally challenged part of the country is helping things. Why, for instance, are tech companies trying to convert Phoenix into the "new Silicone Valley" when chip fabs use an insane amount of H2O? That was a dumb idea! There is so much, Joe, that you didn't cover in your video but I'm glad there is at least one human being out there that gives a damn about our country's future.

23. Water recycling should be mandatory in all over populated areas. Grey water should be used for all farming and landscaping needs. But infrastructure is not a sexy topic and no one wants to fix.

24. to many people drawing from the river millions of people thats their only source of water climate change too but lean more to to many people —–they dont want to ammit the problems

25. Could be wrong, but when I researched Vegas's energy, seemed like the hoover dam was 15% tops of the energy. Mostly still fossil fuel, though solar is on the rise.

26. Politics, NOT GLOBAL WARMING!

27. You should ask Israel how to farm they have masterd farming with minimum water usage.

28. It's ok. By the looks of things atm we will be watering crops with Gatorade 🙂

29. Remember this when certain politicians claim that America can absorb millions more immigrants.

30. Okay ill send rain dont complain if its too much

31. Californa has had record snowfall at the northern end and there is a plan to release that water into the sea why not try to divert the water to Lake Mead

32. The absolute pig ignorance from climate denying cons in this comment section. It’s pathetic.

33. Overpopulation has to be part of the discussion. Resources are, in fact, limited. Earth isn't getting bigger.

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