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Arizona

2naSalit

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28. I used to...

Reply to Phoenix61 (Reply #27)

Wed Dec 28, 2022, 03:10 PM

Dec 2022

Pass through and stay in Phoenix back in the day, last time I there until 2019, the I-10 was finally finished all the way out to Buckeye. When I flew in to visit friends in 2019, I was shocked to see that it had grown to the size of LA from which I had just departed. My friends live in a suburb that used to be sage desert way out of town, now it's all freeways and development and you can drive for over an hour just to get to the airport, one of three. There was only only when I had been there in earlier years.

Not sustainable but too many think we are on this planet to control its natural environment for or luxury. Corrections will be made by nature and they won't be pretty.

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Move Water By Pipeline From The Atchafalaya River West To Arizona [View all] asiliveandbreathe Dec 2022 OP

Interesting idea Blues Heron Dec 2022 #1

What is the cost of not doing SOMETHING - we are in dire straights in the asiliveandbreathe Dec 2022 #4

That was then. mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2022 #2

Seems the author of article has thought through some of the costs.. asiliveandbreathe Dec 2022 #6

What I'm getting at is, back in the middle of WWII, no one wasted time with mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2022 #16

Well, you make a good point..been there, done that.. asiliveandbreathe Dec 2022 #18

No, just no. It's a bandaid fix. It will start at 7% and Phoenix61 Dec 2022 #3

AZ and other states cannot afford to let the Dams go dry..ALL proposals on deck .. asiliveandbreathe Dec 2022 #5

Politicians from the southwest aren't known for their Eyeball_Kid Dec 2022 #8

We have a new sheriff in town, (Phoenix), who is a life long resident..loves her state..surely asiliveandbreathe Dec 2022 #14

This is the result of unchecked development. Phoenix61 Dec 2022 #25

A few decades ago, Arizona petitioned Illinois and Chicago to siphon off Eyeball_Kid Dec 2022 #7

A few decades ago..hummm..the map at the article seems too good to be true.. asiliveandbreathe Dec 2022 #10

mostly cuz it's forbidden by treaty w canada tho. mopinko Dec 2022 #20

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 2022 #30

So... 2naSalit Dec 2022 #9

I hope my email to the authors will shed more light on the subject.. asiliveandbreathe Dec 2022 #11

I don't like their creds at all... 2naSalit Dec 2022 #21

Right there with you. Phoenix61 Dec 2022 #27

I used to... 2naSalit Dec 2022 #28

The more they get the more they will spend. Overspending is what got them were they are today! Chainfire Dec 2022 #12

I agree..but, who is going to stop the building..have you seen West of Phoenix.. asiliveandbreathe Dec 2022 #13

We see the same thing here in Florida. Chainfire Dec 2022 #15

The building within AZ is so shortsighted..I keep asking where are we getting the water?? asiliveandbreathe Dec 2022 #26

Water prefers to run downhill. bluedigger Dec 2022 #17

I love all the comments..will surely include in my letter to the authors at the asiliveandbreathe Dec 2022 #19

If a lunkhead like me can raise objections, imagine what an engineer could come up with. bluedigger Dec 2022 #22

Feast your eyes on what Ducey proposed.. asiliveandbreathe Dec 2022 #24

probably be cheaper to ship the more recent (less than 50 years?) back home Kali Dec 2022 #23

Phew. Ptah Dec 2022 #29

... Kali Dec 2022 #31