Running Dry

It breaks my heart to see Lake Mead suffering from this water crisis. My parents have spent the past 40 years creating wonderful memories with our family and friends boating, camping and eventually owning a home for 15 years at Temple Bar. I can remember the water being so high it wiped away our swim beach, the ice house had to be sand bagged and the launch ramp was completely submerged. It amazes me to see what condition the lake is in now compared to 20 years ago. I can only hope and PRAY that the lake will be able to sustain itself so my children and generations to come will be able to grow up enjoying the lake as I did.

Instead of watching King of the Hill and Family Guy and all of the other drivel on television produced for the illiterate masses, why don't you try watching the Science Channel, Discovery, or any of the really informative shows out there. Oh, that's right, I forgot you don't have the education needed to comprehend that level nor the attention span of a gnat.

docgunny has said the magic number "2012"...............he IS coming

PERHAPS THE PRESS SHOULD ASK ARIZONA SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN WHY HE HASN'T DONE MORE TO PRESERVE LAKE MEAD? HE IS SO PROUD OF HAVING ZERO EARMARKS BUT MEAN WHILE WHAT ARE ARIZONANS SUPPOSED TO DO? BOO'S FOR JOHN MCCAIN!

I find this topic very interesting. First of all you need to look at electrical generation at the Hoover and Powell sites. At Hoover dam, ONE SINGLE turbine uses 22,000 gallon PER SECOND. This needs to change. Multiply that by 2 turbines in the day time and all 14 at night. Gosh, that's a huge number! Why are we not using solar or nuclear. Then we could shut the generation down at the dams and save the water for recreational and drinking water uses. This seems logical to me.

one thing people never seem to bring up as a contributor to our shrinking natural resourses is: population growth. That is the problem- over populoation. Why do people have to have 5 children ? How selfish is it to over populate the world so our family is big ? Very selfish ! Look at the osmand family- From 2 faqmily members to over 100 in less than 60 yrs. Pretty damn selfish ! Get real religious fanatics, and get real hispanic culture ! Overpopulation is the # 1 cause of our world problems. Consrevation may be a nice thought, but it comes from a blind man's eyes. LOOK AROUND PEOPLE ! AND RESPECT YOUR WORLD, YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO RUIN YOUR GREAT, GREAT GRANDCHILDREN'S FUTURE.

birth control, and rock gardens for yards will go along way in this world. Like China we should be having only one child each to maintain resources for those already born. to be specific on birtch control I do not mean abortion, I mean preventing the pregnancy in the first place. technology is so far in the area of brith control that abortions should be obsolete in favor of appropriate birth control from the moment a female is able to reproduce. we have the technology to make abortion absolete unless the mothers life is in danger. people are jut to lazy to take care of their own reproduction

Another "the sky is falling scientist". That would be 13 years from now and I hope I will still be alive. I would like to make a bet with this idiot. If he is wrong nobody will say anything.

Here is another case of crying about climate change. There are a wealth of scientists thagt say that global warming is hack science. It presupposes that man is the problem, and in some cases that may be. But why are these ecologists onloy interested in destrlying our industrial capability, and yet emerging economies like China and India are putting out ten time the amount of the United States, We are told we need to curtail our use of natural resources, that Man, the United States are the worst things to happen to this planet. HOGWASH! We need to respect the envirnoment, but perhaps the enviromental wackos and Al Gore ought to to where there is little or no effort at conservation instead of ragging on us when we are trying. I had two feet of snow in Weaverville, California and it lasted for the entire month of January. That is the kind of weather they used to have, asnd we have another bevy of storms coming in this next week. Somebody out to get a shovel full of snow and put it down Al Gore's back.. Perhaps he could get another nobel peace prize for doing a documentary about global cooling! He coujld call it another incovienent truty. We have only been able to measure the OZONE for a little over twenty years. How do we know that this is not a typical cyclical climate change. Glaciers record repeated cooling and warming events over the last several thousand years. When will we stop crying wolf!

have to laugh when people in ther gov't and scientists tell us this and try to offer solutions. Conservation won't work, "green technology" is a lie as well. The problem is simple -There are too many people on this earth. The U.S. needs a one child policy like China. If the environment is to be saved then we need to curtail our population by seriously restricting reproduction. That is the ONLY way we can work to reduce or reverse damage! No one wants to talkj about this but it is the only hope we have!! Humans are stupid and self-destructive and therefore deserve the consequences of their actions. The higher the population, the more water they need. Duh! Do the math!!

If Islamic Terrorists successfully destroyed Hoover Dam and drained Lake Mead, it would be an outrage second only to 9/11. However, if Lake Mead dries up simply because corrupt local politicians allowed the region to be overbuilt and because the President and Congress refused to confront Global Warming with fossil fuel taxes, it is not considered an outrage - just a "public policy problem". How disgusting is that?

I guess this is no surprise. The same analogy can be applied to the victims of Hurricane Katrina. If terrorists had taken out New Orleans with a nuke, it would have meant World War Three. However, if corrupt local politicians spent federal dollars on everything BUT levee protection while the Feds continued to ignore the threat of Global Warming to our coastal cities - it's just an unfortunate tragedy.

What a sad time to live in America, where our elected officials aren't the least bit interested in protecting us from the REAL threats to our homeland. (The twin towers will be rebuilt, but if the Greenland Ice Sheet collapses, NYC will be gone FOREVER). I guess that's because money spent slowing global warming and preparing for its fury, doesn't flow through the pocktes of our political leaders and their contributers.

There is much to be said about all of the problems that we face. First, If you have ever been to Mexico, it has some very beautiful people in fact I am merried to one. And believe me i am the biggest supporter of stopping all of the illegal bull that our government allows just so our economy can grow and keep the greedy f**king people on WALL STREET happy. I was taught to have respect for this place we all call home and am trully saddened at what I have seen and what we believe to be important in our lives. The population has put tremendous pressure on our natural resources and there is nothing we will ever do about the human population growth. We need to stop rewarding welfare recipients for having children MY GOD! If you can't afford to have children without assistance from the federal gov't. than you should be limited. Give me a tax credit for not having children. The earth will heal itself and it may take an epidemic or a natural catastrophe like the 2004 Tsunami but certainly our actions will have consequences. We need to stop trying to save the whole Gosh darn world and stop sending grain to these nations just so they can survive and produce more children. They call it natural selection when people make decisions that jeopardize their own lives damn it and what gives us the right to meddle in the affairs of the ALL MIGHTY!!! STOP WELFARE!