(01-07-2021, 09:38 PM)captivating Wrote:

(01-07-2021, 07:20 AM)SeldomRite Wrote: Correct, the United States food production strength is a serious strategic power that must be maintained.

Reducing water use with better methods is needed, but food production is something that should never be left up to potentially hostile entities.

and what do you do when the water runs out?  Action needs to be taken now to stop water intensive crop farming. Stop alfalfa and rice and cotton growth in the US as they use the most water (obscene amounts of water).

Water supply is a local problem. When water runs out so does the farming. Either those farms will switch to something else or be shut down.

The bigger problem, in my opinion, is allowing industry that destroys water supply. Things like toxic products being dumped into rivers and lakes (we have big problems with this in Florida) or allowing things like the keystone xl pipeline be built over massive water supply areas, putting them at great risk.

People have to be made to accept higher prices for some things for the sake of a sustainable food and water supply.

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