Midnight Mike
2008-02-12, 06:42 PM
Lake Mead Could Dry Up by 2021 , yet, they keep on building casinos the size of small cities! Better put those Casinos on a conservation diet, speaking of which, why don't any of those Casinos have Solar Panels
Also, getting a little tired of people blaming Global Warming for lack of planning & a misuse of resources....
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/200 ... ryupby2021 (http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080212/sc_livescience/lakemeadcoulddryupby2021)
Lake Mead, a key source of water for millions of people in the southwestern United States, could go dry by 2021, a new study finds.
The study concludes that natural forces such as evaporation, changes wrought by global warming and the increasing demand from the booming Southwest population are creating a deficit from this part of the Colorado River system.
Along with Lake Powell, which is on the border between Arizona and Utah, Lake Mead supplies roughly 8 million people in the cities of Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and San Diego, among others, with critical water supplies.
The system is currently only at half capacity thanks to a recent string of dry years, researchers say.
Also, getting a little tired of people blaming Global Warming for lack of planning & a misuse of resources....
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/200 ... ryupby2021 (http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080212/sc_livescience/lakemeadcoulddryupby2021)
Lake Mead, a key source of water for millions of people in the southwestern United States, could go dry by 2021, a new study finds.
The study concludes that natural forces such as evaporation, changes wrought by global warming and the increasing demand from the booming Southwest population are creating a deficit from this part of the Colorado River system.
Along with Lake Powell, which is on the border between Arizona and Utah, Lake Mead supplies roughly 8 million people in the cities of Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and San Diego, among others, with critical water supplies.
The system is currently only at half capacity thanks to a recent string of dry years, researchers say.