Arizona's solar-covered canal project is set to redefine energy and water dynamics as a sustainable solution for drought.

Arizona’s solar-over-canal project will tackle its major drought issue::undefined

    • @ieightpi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      20•7 months ago

      Why the fuck are humans so stupid that we decided to grow one of the thirstiest crops in the fucking desert.

      • @pdxfed@lemmy.worldEnglish
        21•7 months ago

        Because entrenched, and exceptionally wealthy interests. Reading about how about in CA there are tons of Colorado River fed foreign owned farms growing alfalfa to export to the middle east is the definition of capitalist success…the profit of a commodity has been made the most efficient; acquired cheaply for something otherwise impossible with international arbitrage as the medium.

        Every time someone asks people in the southwest to take shorter showers show them this: https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/2022/02/24/california-water/

        • @ieightpi@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2•7 months ago

          We should probably update the dictionary so the word ‘greed’ is synonymous to dumb, stupid, ect. Cuz it sure seems that greedy people just have a super low IQ.