jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agoThe 20 Farming Families Who Use More Water From the Colorado River Than Some Western Statesprojects.propublica.orgexternal-linkmessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1395arrow-down15cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-squareKbobabob@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up25·1 year agoMaybe, they just need to not try to farm in the FUCKING DESERT.
minus-squareHobbitFoot @thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·1 year agoFarming in the desert is as old as humans writing shit down.
minus-squarejaspersgroove@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoYes but taking so much water from the river that it no longer reaches the fucking ocean is not.
minus-squareGONADS125@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down3·1 year agoThat’s an appeal to tradition; a logical fallacy.
minus-squarecommie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year ago That’s an appeal to tradition; a logical fallacy. it’s just a statement of fact. it made no argument at all, and is not, in itself, fallacious.
minus-squareHobbitFoot @thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·1 year agoIt is a statement that growing crops in a desert is something humans have done since humans developed agriculture. The alternative is removing a ton of food from the market, spiking inflation.
Maybe, they just need to not try to farm in the FUCKING DESERT.
Farming in the desert is as old as humans writing shit down.
That doesn’t mean keep doing it.
Yes but taking so much water from the river that it no longer reaches the fucking ocean is not.
That’s an appeal to tradition; a logical fallacy.
it’s just a statement of fact. it made no argument at all, and is not, in itself, fallacious.
It is a statement that growing crops in a desert is something humans have done since humans developed agriculture.
The alternative is removing a ton of food from the market, spiking inflation.
So, not that old.