Climate Change? Nahhh ...

Also a lot fewer people to service.
In 1900, there were 102,000 people living in Los Angeles, 5,500 in Phoenix, 7,500 in Tucson and 25 in Las Vegas. Even as recently as 1940 or 1950 those could still be considered relatively small or mid-sized cities.
In 2021, those four metro areas alone have a combined population of about 12 million, all relying on the Colorado River for water. And that's not even counting the huge population in other parts of Southern California and Arizona.

 

Boundary Waters wilderness in Minnesota closed due to fire

 

It may be less than 15 minutes away.

 

If they start a back fire to try and undercut it, will it be called the Wal-Mart Fire?

 

Climate change comes for a favorite summer pastime: fishing

 

The problem with desalination is the cost. Plants are expensive as hell. It is a lot cheaper for a municipality to buy out the water rights of some farmers. In California a lot of water is sprayed on alfalfa, which is a feedstock and not particularly high value. In Colorado it is cheaper to buy out a melon farmer on the Arkansas river and run it to the Denver Metro area.

As snow packs decline in the Rockies due to warmer tempatures the urban areas will get their water. The solution will be to buy out the farmers.

 

Buying out farmers to quench thirsty cities. What could possible be the impact of that? It's not like farmers produce things we need.