I would say it is more the fault of farming in a land where it never rains! The Central Valley may have great temperatures for farming, but it has no rainfall. Sin we have a 16 year drought, I guess farming the sand is ending poorly.
Sent from my iPad > On Dec 9, 2014, at 12:43 PM, GREG LINDH via Meteorite-list > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yeah, well CA doesn't put out as much produce as it used to. Whenever I go > back to CA from AZ, in order to visit family, I drive up and down Interstate > 5. For practically the whole I-5 part of my trip I see empty, dusty fields > where there used to be beautiful orchards and lands full of all kinds of > fruits and vegetables. Now, just dusty, empty fields......oh yeah, and > hundreds of signs that say, "Congress Created Dustbowl". Yup, devastated, dry > land, all because Nancy Pelosi, Barbara Boxer and crew wanted to save a > minnow in the California Aqueduct. If I'm not mistaken, that minnow is not > even native to the region. It was imported. That's CA for you. > > > >> Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2014 16:17:39 -0800 >> To: [email protected] >> CC: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Not met. Related - Friend On Meteorite List >> From: [email protected] >> >> Average gasoline prices in Arizona ($2.57/gal) are about 13% lower >> than California ($2.97). How does that 13% difference turn into an >> almost 100% (claimed) increase in your fill-up? >> >> California has more than 3 times the lane-miles of Arizona and it's >> drivers account for 11% of ALL of the miles driven in the entire >> country (more than 5 times Arizona drivers, and we have a lower >> fatality rate because no one from Arizona can drive worth a damn), so >> yes, our roads do get used and abused and could use some love. >> Believe it or not, road maintenance is what the fuel tax is used for, >> we just have a lot more roads that need maintaining. >> >> And "most" produce comes from California. And by most we're talking a >> huge majority. Some comes from Mexico, some from other places, too, >> but California is our nation's produce isle. >> >> Michael is so. Cal. >> >> On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 2:43 PM, Raremeteorites via Meteorite-list >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I do stay out of California unless managing one of my over-taxed investment >>> properties.. It cost nearly twice as much to fill up my gas tank there as >>> it does in Arizona. They were the first state to have a major city go >>> bankrupt demonstrating their ability to manage taxpayer funds. I do not >>> know what they do with the nations highest fuel tax. It sure isn't put into >>> the roads. I will not drive at night in parts of California since they >>> can't even afford to paint the lanes or put up reflectors. I once went >>> airborne at night while pulling my enclosed car hauler trailer since >>> California was too cheap to mark a raised railroad crossing. >>> >>> I have seen better roads in third-world countries. As far as produce goes, >>> most of it now comes from Mexico. >>> >>> Again, no thanks, >>> >>> Adam >>> >>> >>> Drive at your own risk >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Mulgrew" <[email protected]> >>> To: "Raremeteorites" <[email protected]> >>> Cc: "Meteorite List" <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2014 10:01 AM >>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Not met. Related - Friend On Meteorite List >>> >>> >>>> No other state even comes close to California when it comes to produce >>>> production, so it follows that no other states would have to enact >>>> protections as tough as California. Don't like it, then stay out of >>>> my state (and stop eating fruits, nuts, and vegetables altogether, >>>> chances are they were grown here). >>>> >>>> Michael in so. Cal. >>>> >>>> On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 7:53 AM, Raremeteorites via Meteorite-list >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> That's California for you. Too much governmental control and wasted tax >>>>> payer money. They tax (fleece) everything and the roads are crap! I can >>>>> tell when I am entering California from Arizona or Nevada just by the >>>>> condition of the roads and the agricultural check points. First you go >>>>> from >>>>> a smooth freeway into a patched together, multi-colored, quilted road >>>>> surface with no shoulders and than go through the indignity of an >>>>> inspection >>>>> station just have any American grown produce thrown in the trash. >>>>> >>>>> No thanks! >>>>> >>>>> Adam >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Wooddell via Meteorite-list" >>>>> <[email protected]> >>>>> To: <[email protected]> >>>>> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2014 6:30 AM >>>>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Not met. Related - Friend On Meteorite List >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Keeping this meteorite related, the California bug stations even look >>>>>> for >>>>>> firewood coming in from other states. So for example you are planning a >>>>>> meteorite >>>>>> hunting trip into or through California and figure you would like to >>>>>> haul >>>>>> some firewood with you, you might want to know that they may or will >>>>>> seize >>>>>> it at the border inspection stations. >>>>>> >>>>>> Jim Wooddell >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> On 12/8/2014 6:51 AM, Michael Farmer via Meteorite-list wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> That is a crime, you really want someone to receive and ship goods to >>>>>>> you >>>>>>> in violation of California law? They could be prosecuted for that. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Sent from my iPad >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Dec 8, 2014, at 6:55 PM, Michael Blood via Meteorite-list >>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> NOTE: THIS IS NOT METEORITE INFORMATION >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi All, >>>>>>>> Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. >>>>>>>> As some of you know, I grow exotic plants, have a >>>>>>>> Greenhouse, etc. >>>>>>>> Unfortunately, CA is THE worst state when it comes >>>>>>>> To importing plants. >>>>>>>> <SNIPOLA> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ______________________________________________ >>>>>> >>>>>> Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >>>>>> Meteorite-list mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ______________________________________________ >>>>> >>>>> Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >>>>> Meteorite-list mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >>> >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> >>> Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >>> Meteorite-list mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> ______________________________________________ >> >> Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
