I’d love to change the world
But I don’t know what to do
So I’ll leave it up to youTen Years After
Today the governor of California ordered a 25 percent reduction in water use by cities and towns, but not farms, in reaction to the ongoing drought in the nation’s most populous state.
Bad Water, Death Valley, California
That’s one way of patching an obvious and enormous problem in the state. I believe it is symptomatic for our society. Instead of addressing the fundamental problem of overpopulation and the unrealistic expectation of perpetual growth, we try to apply a quick patch, until…
Until when? Until we find a real solution? There is no real solution to perpetual growth. It is impossible.
Large parts of California are desert by nature. In the long run we can’t beat nature, not with all the technology in the world. Instead of respecting nature we decided to put the largest agricultural industry and 40 million people in the desert, draining lakes and rivers, building dams and aqueducts in support of this man-made disaster. I believe there is only one solution to this: A sustainable level of agriculture and population. The question is, who is willing to subscribe to and defend such a wildly unpopular position?
Was rock star Alvin Lee a visionary, when he wrote the above lyrics?
Bearly 
When I was I kid (and not a particularly bright one…) I had the same thought “Large parts of California are desert by nature…” what makes us think we can beat Mother Nature here?!? Great shot of Death Valley ~