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Reddit_-_username t1_irq6udu wrote

Reply to comment by der_innkeeper in [OC] Irrigation Expansion into the New Mexico Desert (1986 - 2021) by granger327

Genuinely curious, what's bad about growing food in new Mexico?

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Tuckers_Salty_Nips t1_irq7vo7 wrote

We're using too much water/ the climate is changing and the rivers are drying up

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RogerSaysHi t1_irqhrvp wrote

We'd have been better off investing in rail and desalinization than farming in the desert. It was one thing to move so many people into a place that couldn't support them, it's a completely different ballgame to try to irrigate the desert.

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