Grist : Texas Turning Into A Gigantic Desert

Hey, you know what’s wild about Texas turning into a gigantic desert thanks to climate change? I mean besides the fact that this makes it basically Kuwait-on-the-Rio-Grande? Many of the state’s power plants, which rely on fresh water to produce electricity, could be shut down by the lack of water.

http://www.grist.org/

There has been no trend in Texas precipitation since they started keeping records in 1895. They also forgot to mention that wind power has dropped off the map during the hot weather.

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/cag3/tx.html

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5 Responses to Grist : Texas Turning Into A Gigantic Desert

  1. Latitude says:

    Speaking of Texas….
    ……be afraid democrazies……..be very afraid

    Rick Perry surges to front in latest GOP poll

    Less than two weeks after officially announcing his presidential bid, Texas Gov. Rick Perry has surged to the top of the Republican field in the latest Gallup poll, taking a comfortable 12-point lead over his closest competitor, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.

    http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20096796-503544.html

  2. dmmcmah says:

    “Many of the state’s power plants, which rely on fresh water to produce electricity, could be shut down by the lack of water.”‘

    Thank GOD for wind power.

  3. Ivan says:

    Blah … blah .. blah .. All been said & done before – well before SUVs:
    A MAN-MADE DESERT.
    An artist’s impression of the Texas “dust bowl.” Dense dust clouds hide the sun and once fertile lands presents a scene of desolation as far as the eye can see; a grim memorial to reckless exploitation of
    the soil.”
    ~4 Feb 1943
    http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/38542204?

  4. Ivan says:

    ..even more graphic here:
    WHEN THE SOIL DIES.
    Grim pictures of drought and desolation in the Texas “dust-bowl” by Alexander Hogue who knew the country before man’s greed turned fertile land into a desert.”
    ~31 Dec 1942
    http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/38541300?

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