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Beau warns of impending water shortages in the Southwest, urging immediate action to prevent severe impacts and mitigate climate issues.
Residents of the Southwestern United States
The full transcript provides detailed insights into the projected water shortages in Lake Powell and Mead, outlining the urgency for proactive measures to combat climate change and prevent severe consequences.
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Well, howdy there, internet people, it's Beau again.
So today we're going to talk about water
and possible water shortages
and how it might impact parts
of the Southwestern United States.
Because there are some new projections related
to Lake Powell and Mead.
In Mead, you're looking at a 22% chance
of it dropping below 1,025 feet by 2023.
a 66% chance of it dropping below that by 2025.
That will result in a required reduction of water usage for about 25 million people.
It's not a small thing.
It's not something that can be overlooked.
Now, over at Powell, you have a 3% chance of it not being able to generate hydroelectric
next year, and a 34% chance of it not being able to generate hydroelectric the next year.
That will impact about six million homes and businesses.
2020 and 2021 have been historic droughts, and by that they're saying it's been the most severe
drought levels in paleoclimate or historic records. This isn't something
that's just going to fix itself, it's not going to go away on its own. We might
take this as a sign that action needs to be taken now, that things need to be done
now to mitigate climate change and deal with some of the coming resource issues
that are certain to come. This isn't going to fix itself. If nothing is done,
what is likely is people trucking in water, which is going to make it more
expensive, and it's also going to contribute more to climate issues, which
will require more water to be trucked in. Maybe we should just go ahead and start
working on the infrastructure to fix these issues now and try to mitigate the
the impacts before they get too severe and we are running out of time. These
numbers came out and I don't know normally when stuff like this comes out
the projections come out they don't get a lot of play in the media they don't
get the attention they should because it's a year out it's two years out and
anything can happen. Not really, not really. These are these are pretty
accurate historically speaking. They do a pretty good job and while sure this
drought may end at some point in the future, that's not going to solve the
problem. It's not going to immediately return things to normal. The odds are
we're never going back to what we saw as normal. We need significant action and
and we need it soon.
Anyway, it's just a thought.
y'all have a good day.
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