Comments on: Whither, Snowy Peak? http://www.cocktailhag.com/blog/news-network/whither-snowy-peak/ She drinks, you know. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:50:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: cocktailhag http://www.cocktailhag.com/blog/news-network/whither-snowy-peak/comment-page-1/#comment-5397 cocktailhag Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:01:39 +0000 http://www.cocktailhag.com/blog/?p=2491#comment-5397 Well, I'll have to wait for it to turn up online, as I have never had a television. You've gotten me thinking more and more about meat production; factory farms and feedlots, "Fast Food Nation," (I didn't eat a hamburger for years afterward...), and such. I remember driving from LA to Phoenix and smelling a terrible smell for miles, then finally driving through a feedlot that lay on both sides of the road; cattle as far as the eye could see. My eyes burned and stomach turned at the stench. It was a far cry from my dad's ranch in Burns back in the 70's... and quite scary. After a brief stint in LA in 1992, I read a whole lot about western water development and its costs, and I know a lot of my knowledge is probably becoming dated. I plan to study this more, and possibly write about it. Well, I’ll have to wait for it to turn up online, as I have never had a television. You’ve gotten me thinking more and more about meat production; factory farms and feedlots, “Fast Food Nation,” (I didn’t eat a hamburger for years afterward…), and such. I remember driving from LA to Phoenix and smelling a terrible smell for miles, then finally driving through a feedlot that lay on both sides of the road; cattle as far as the eye could see. My eyes burned and stomach turned at the stench.
It was a far cry from my dad’s ranch in Burns back in the 70′s… and quite scary.
After a brief stint in LA in 1992, I read a whole lot about western water development and its costs, and I know a lot of my knowledge is probably becoming dated. I plan to study this more, and possibly write about it.

]]> By: retzilian http://www.cocktailhag.com/blog/news-network/whither-snowy-peak/comment-page-1/#comment-5396 retzilian Sat, 26 Sep 2009 20:46:20 +0000 http://www.cocktailhag.com/blog/?p=2491#comment-5396 You should catch it on the rerun if you can. You should catch it on the rerun if you can.

]]> By: cocktailhag http://www.cocktailhag.com/blog/news-network/whither-snowy-peak/comment-page-1/#comment-5387 cocktailhag Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:15:35 +0000 http://www.cocktailhag.com/blog/?p=2491#comment-5387 I didn't see it myself, but RMP did, and recommended it highly.... I didn’t see it myself, but RMP did, and recommended it highly….

]]> By: retzilian http://www.cocktailhag.com/blog/news-network/whither-snowy-peak/comment-page-1/#comment-5386 retzilian Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:12:13 +0000 http://www.cocktailhag.com/blog/?p=2491#comment-5386 Cattle raising uses (wastes) more water than any other "crop." Maybe we'll be forced into a sort of semi-vegetarianism. Water will continue to be a problem. Luckily, I live on a great big fresh water pond about 45 miles wide and we actually have so much rain and fresh water, it's really cheap and plentiful. One of the few benefits of living in northern Ohio, I guess. Plus, September. Off Topic, but did anyone watch last night's Law & Order? I rarely watch the show, but I sat in last night for the thinly veiled John Yoo episode. It was a nice fantasy while it lasted. Cattle raising uses (wastes) more water than any other “crop.”

Maybe we’ll be forced into a sort of semi-vegetarianism. Water will continue to be a problem. Luckily, I live on a great big fresh water pond about 45 miles wide and we actually have so much rain and fresh water, it’s really cheap and plentiful. One of the few benefits of living in northern Ohio, I guess.

Plus, September.

Off Topic, but did anyone watch last night’s Law & Order? I rarely watch the show, but I sat in last night for the thinly veiled John Yoo episode. It was a nice fantasy while it lasted.

]]> By: cocktailhag http://www.cocktailhag.com/blog/news-network/whither-snowy-peak/comment-page-1/#comment-5383 cocktailhag Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:29:46 +0000 http://www.cocktailhag.com/blog/?p=2491#comment-5383 Given the dwindling Sierra snowpack, I think that some of California's industrial agriculture will have to change a bit, and growing rice and cotton in Arizona will be out, too. The situation we have now, where urban users pay several factors more than farmers for water, is bound to change. Given the dwindling Sierra snowpack, I think that some of California’s industrial agriculture will have to change a bit, and growing rice and cotton in Arizona will be out, too. The situation we have now, where urban users pay several factors more than farmers for water, is bound to change.

]]> By: Jim Montague http://www.cocktailhag.com/blog/news-network/whither-snowy-peak/comment-page-1/#comment-5382 Jim Montague Sat, 26 Sep 2009 06:41:10 +0000 http://www.cocktailhag.com/blog/?p=2491#comment-5382 Ummm, salt water mixed with residue from gas stations, chemical plants, cemeteries, asbestos roofing, and abandoned cars. I feel sorry for anyone who has property at sea level, Of course, global warming is arguably a few years in the future and there is this solution in the meantime:http://www.aquasciences.com/technology.html But honestly, could anyone really charge people for water? As we go forward into the future, shouldn't we really have the conversation that ALL water should be free and readily accessible to everyone? I own a couple of high producing springs, but I would never consider my ownership sacrosanct over the public good. Ummm, salt water mixed with residue from gas stations, chemical plants, cemeteries, asbestos roofing, and abandoned cars. I feel sorry for anyone who has property at sea level, Of course, global warming is arguably a few years in the future and there is this solution in the meantime:http://www.aquasciences.com/technology.html
But honestly, could anyone really charge people for water? As we go forward into the future, shouldn’t we really have the conversation that ALL water should be free and readily accessible to everyone? I own a couple of high producing springs, but I would never consider my ownership sacrosanct over the public good.

]]> By: William Timberman http://www.cocktailhag.com/blog/news-network/whither-snowy-peak/comment-page-1/#comment-5381 William Timberman Sat, 26 Sep 2009 05:53:22 +0000 http://www.cocktailhag.com/blog/?p=2491#comment-5381 Ask Heru. He lives in Florida, I understand, so he'll be up to his keister in water bye-and-bye. Of course, it'll be <i>salt</i> water, but what the hey..... Ask Heru. He lives in Florida, I understand, so he’ll be up to his keister in water bye-and-bye. Of course, it’ll be salt water, but what the hey…..

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