# Let the water wars begin **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 27, 2023, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-water-wars-begin/978900 "2023-01-27T15:29:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2023, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-water-wars-begin/978900/81 "2023-01-29T13:18:51Z")
**Mod-Note:** Off-topic as not California related. Please start a new thread if you wish to discuss this. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2023, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-water-wars-begin/978900/82 "2023-01-29T13:26:45Z")
Original post was supposed to be a message to the mod, not a post. So I removed it. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2023, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-water-wars-begin/978900/83 "2023-01-29T13:29:12Z")
**Modnote** : Do not argue Moderation in thread. Also not a warning so calm down. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2023, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-water-wars-begin/978900/84 "2023-01-29T13:48:34Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > If I have my geography right, I believe there is a place up in that area that is on-topic, where you can look across one of those alpine valleys and see along the flank of the opposite range the giant metal straw that Denver is using to suckle upon the sweet wet nipple of the western side of the divide. Yeah you’re right Dillon Reservoir feeds both east and west. There was a big hullabaloo about the possibility of terrorist taking out the damn. Bunch of security measures put in place after 9-1-1. But that blocked fire trucks from crossing. And if I70 gets closed for whatever reason (happens a lot), that’s the only route to go. Was quite the mess. I still don’t think ANY trailers are allowed across. Even if pulled by a family car. > [@Dinsdale](#): > > My mistake. On one of our trips out skiing, I thought 70 passed reasonably near you. We musta gotten 3-4" today! I 70 is about 35 minutes north of me. I’m south of Breckenridge. Hoosier pass. I’m in Denver now though, got to run back up the hill this morning. Starting to hate that drive, but looking forward to being home. ---
**Author:** ![rbroome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/838e76/32.png) [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2023, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-water-wars-begin/978900/85 "2023-01-29T15:43:46Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > It’s not as easy as “move the crops”, because those same crops are more difficult to grow elsewhere. It’s not easy to grow crops elsewhere as efficiently and cheaply as Ca. But lettuce and peas will grow just fine in wetter climates. It isn’t a weather issue, it is a money issue. Of course I like paying less for lettuce, but at some point reality kicks in whether we like it or not. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2023, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-water-wars-begin/978900/86 "2023-01-29T15:48:35Z")
> [@rbroome](#): > > But lettuce and peas will grow just fine in wetter climates. True enough. We grew lettuce and other greens in Portland with great success, and the farmers’ markets were full of produce from the Willamette Valley, which is on the western side of the Cascades. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2023, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-water-wars-begin/978900/87 "2023-01-29T23:21:58Z")
> [@rbroome](#): > > It’s not easy to grow crops elsewhere as efficiently and cheaply as Ca. It won’t be cheap to grow those crops in California if there isn’t sufficient water. Also, I’ve been hearing that farmer’s are paying an artificially low price for water in California, which means growing crops there isn’t as cheap as it might appear to be. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2023, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-water-wars-begin/978900/88 "2023-02-01T02:50:08Z")
CBS is telling us about Water Asset Management, one of the lovely investment firms that hope to rake in the big bucks off the drought, > **[New York investors snapping up Colorado River water rights, betting big on an...](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-york-investors-snapping-up-colorado-river-water-rights-betting-big-on-an-increasingly-scarce-resource/)** > > Investment firms are showing a growing interest in an increasingly scarce natural resource in the American West. For some, that's concerning. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2023, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-water-wars-begin/978900/89 "2023-02-01T03:24:27Z")
Water wars are the thing I fear most about the near-to-mid future. That, along with who will take in a hundred million Bangladeshis when their country is under the sea? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-water-wars-begin/978900.md?page=4)