There is infinite water from desalination. The downside is that it could disrupt the blissful lives of some beloved schools of fishes etc.
The California coastal commission crushed the plan to build a desalination plant south of Los Angeles. This is the beginning of the show . The plan was to build a 1.4 billion dollar plant . In Huntington Beach . May 2022
Another article from the New Yorker (not about LA, though. I found it interesting since I had recently visited Scottsdale for the first time this summer):
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Yeah I know. Eventually either it will rain more or the desalination plants will be built. People are going to choose their livelihoods over a local marine ecosystem.
Nuclear + desalination plants + EVs + reducing meat intake + sending people to Mars will cure our biggest environmental problems. Just need the political courage.
Ammonia, plastic, steel., cement.
Sending people to Mars would involve huge carbon emissions and would have only negative effects on the environment except to the extent some of the billionaires who move there wonât be as effective at fucking up the Earth.
Isnât change in corporationsâ policies going to be vastly more drastic than individual change?
You not eating meat wonât reduce the burning of fossil fuels nearly as much as if the industrial, transportation, electric, and commercial sectors get restructured somehow.
Also, appreciating wagyu but not being able to appreciate any other form of meat is narrow-minded.
Thatâs like saying you can appreciate pink lady apples or Harryâs Berries, but donât care for any other apple/strawberry youâve ever tasted. I think we can all agree/appreciate the best quality or version of something, but that is for sure elitist sounding. Do you only appreciate bugattis and lamborghinis as well?
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Some European countries have been meeting their climate goals in part by replacing fossil fuels with wood pellets, but theyâve actually been making things worse because pellets are being produced unsustainably, by clear-cutting ancient forests.
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The problem with addressing climate change at the national and corporate level is that it requires sacrifice.
What people want is simple things they can do themselves without major changes to their lifestyles: recycling, eating less meat, buying a new car, checking an âoffsetâ box when shopping online, etc.
Us humans are great at inventing ways to do less work and achieving close to instant gratification, but pretty horrible at âsacrificingâ things to save our planet and in turn, every living thing on it (including ourselves). What would it take? Summer days of 140 degree heat for politicians to create laws for corporations?
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How much will those trillions of dollars be worth if the planet becomes uninhabitableâŚ
As Teddy Kennedy said, weâll drive off that bridge when we come to it.
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Manzkeâs website says they do not accommodate vegan diets. info - manzke restaurant
We did, however, persuade them to replace the beef with a scallop, which (to the best of my knowledge) does not emit methane into the air.
I think we made the right decision to go to Manzke. The issue here is similar to whether pro-choice people should refuse to go to Texas. I respect people who hold that view, but I personally donât believe in erecting barriers between âusâ and âthem.â That just makes âthemâ more entrenched in their views.
We are making progress â just see Eleven Madison Park and Noma. The arc of the moral universe is long, but it trends toward justice.
I amâŚconfused.
Thereâs not a single dish on that menu thatâs vegan, so I donât get where the purported separation between âusâ and âthemâ exists since youâre not eating vegan food at Manzke (or practicing veganism in your life when it inconveniences you) in any way, shape, or form.
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WTF??? You are drawing a parallel between restaurant choices and reproductive choices/rights? I am absolutely floored speechless.
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âŚI suppose there is no difference in deciding/planning if you want a child or not (or visiting a state with restrictions on reproductive freedom) and choosing between beef or scallops.
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No, but deciding whether to eat caviar or not is high stakes right there 
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Donât try to look for any sense - there is none, just a very uneducated person
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On a favorite radio talk show yesterday, the main host asked aloud âwhat is the difference between a vegetarian and a vegan?â. One of the three co-hosts clapped back, âdepends on how annoying you are!â
This made me giggle a bit thinking about how this particular thread went from chugging along nicely to flying off the track.
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Heâs just trolling. He knows what he is saying makes zero sense.
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