Ernie : Yeah, my feelings are similar. But as a writer myself, I understand that in making a case you tend to give extra weight to the "pro" position and less to the "con" outlook you are arguing against. I'm interested in David's interpretation. I don't know too much about the Lone star state and he is a walking encyclopedia on the subject. I wonder if the author's characterization is accurate. In this case, if it was me, such an analysis would be incomplete unless it also included at least 3 other states, Florida, Ohio, and one other northern industrial state. Heck, for real completeness, Arizona, Georgia, and Missouri too. ------------------------------------------------------------------ An addendum. I watched a C-Span program about water management. Excellent. At first what drew me in was hearing comments from a real brain who had analyzed water resources in detail, globally, with all kinds of charts and seriously depth case studies of India, China, and the USA. His sidekick ( to call him that, actually his intellectual peer ) was also smart as hell. Then came the keynote speaker, the Deputy Secretary of the Interior and man named Hayes. Also incredibly smart and well informed. Did you know, for example, that 1/3rd of the California state budget goes for water ? So he said, one way or the other, a full third. Almost all countries will face up to 20 % water shortfalls in the years between now and 2030. This has implications all over the place and basically is independent of global warming considerations, although measurements of stream flows, water table levels, etc, supports some measure of environmental problem. But it is use rates and increased industrial needs that are the biggies. Much more that could be said, but at least here, with this appointment I can be thankful for a smart Admin selection. Billy ----------------------------------------------------------- In a message dated 11/26/2009 12:43:58 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
While he makes many valid points, this feels overly simplistic. I'd love to see more data about relative growth over several decades. True, California's goverment over the last decade or two has been entirely dysfunctional, but blaming that on ecology and diversity seems overly facile. And those traits may yet give us an advantage in the 21st century. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 26, 2009, at 10:09, [email protected] wrote: > Texas vs. California”—hardly any phrase more succinctly captures > the battle going on today for America’s philosophical soul. _______________________________________________ Centroids mailing list: [email protected] http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com Archives at http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/
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