re: The U.S.'s largest reservoir, Lake Mead, is literally drying up (pictures)

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So you're saying ever expanding a city in the middle of a desert (Las Vegas) isn't a good idea?

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On the contrary, it IS a good idea. Water is just one resource. There are many others that are required to support a giant city. Manhattan, as an example, does not have enough wildlife to support its population. Are they idiots for settling there, then? Of course not. Man has learned to marshal resources and move them where he desires. The error is not in settling large populations in a dessert, but in failing to do what is necessary to “farm” the resources.

Los Angles could be twice its current population, and we would have plenty of water. All we would have to do is build more reservoirs, build more nuclear power plants (or solar or whatever the frick), and power desalination plants. These are engineering problems that have already been solved. What is lacking is willpower.