Is the threat from Global Warming and Water Shortages real

Didnt read the links, but I know the vegas area is gonna be in bad shape for water soon if something doesnt change

Agreed. California to. Some farms have already been closed because of no water for irrigation which will likely mean more imports from china and central America.

Yeah water shortages are a big problem in the desert. Always have been, always will be.

No, the only real threat is other people.

increased warming = increased evaporation = increased precipitation = more recharge of aquifers

Regardless which side of the climate change debate you are on, water is an issue in many southwestern states and cities. Texas is in the middle of a bad drought....which we seem to go through every 2 or 3 years. But the population explosion in Texas magnifies the problem. Seeing as over 50% of the water usage in DFW is for landscape irrigation, it seems pretty obvious we should go the way of Arizona and restrict sizes of lawns and type of plants used. But instead we seem to want to spend multi millions on new lakes in East Texas and take property from people that have lived on that land for generations. because, well, telling Joe suburb he can't have a giant English garden with pastoral green lawns will lead to communism. While taking people's property and paying developers and contractors millions is God's way.

Wikipedia is generally very legit these days. If you question any info you find there, just follow the link to the attached source. If there's no source, then yes you can be skeptical.

ETA: If you think you can believe 100% any info you read anywhere online, not just Wikipedia, then well, you dumb!

You guys are just begging to have SpidermanTuba come wreak havoc on the OT.

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The fact you use Wikipedia as a source totally undermines anything you say.

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Wikipedia is good shite. Academics just don't like it because it's not traditional, and it scares them.

water will be a real problem. Desert or no desert.