[OC] Irrigation Expansion into the New Mexico Desert (1986 - 2021)Submitted by granger327 t3_xzuioy in dataisbeautiful
der_innkeeper t1_irr63d5 wrote
Reply to comment by boredatschipol in [OC] Irrigation Expansion into the New Mexico Desert (1986 - 2021) by granger327
Water the desert and making it bloom is probably a very bad idea.
Well_shit__-_- t1_irrb4ew wrote
I’m sure that’s why humans have kept doing it for 7000 years
der_innkeeper t1_irrfdw1 wrote
Small scale is one thing. Moving when the rains stop is what happens, normally.
Draining aquifers and rivers to make it happen for 10 or 100x the normal population is not normal or sustainable.
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