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re: Remember the Lake Travis going dry because of global warming fear porn?
Posted on 7/24/26 at 10:08 am to Bjorn Cyborg
Posted on 7/24/26 at 10:08 am to Bjorn Cyborg
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If there is a water shortage somewhere, it's generally a place where there never was much water, or the population exceeds the natural water sources - like California, Nevada, Arizona and parts of Texas.
Or changes to the weather pattern, like with the Sahara.
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Posted on 7/24/26 at 10:13 am to Cosmo
You should have lived it with all the screechers here.
Having said that, the Highland Lakes system, which Travis is downstream of, was designed and built between 1938 and 1951. In 1950, Austin's population was ~130,000. Now the MSA is in the millions. So we will run low again. Has nothing to do with "climate change" and everything to do with the impossibility of doing something like the Highland Lakes or the TVA Dam system in today's world of endless lawsuits and red tape.
Having said that, the Highland Lakes system, which Travis is downstream of, was designed and built between 1938 and 1951. In 1950, Austin's population was ~130,000. Now the MSA is in the millions. So we will run low again. Has nothing to do with "climate change" and everything to do with the impossibility of doing something like the Highland Lakes or the TVA Dam system in today's world of endless lawsuits and red tape.
Posted on 7/24/26 at 10:13 am to Cosmo
I’ve seen 4 different occasions of LT getting down to the 625-630 mark and staying there for a couple of years. It is a bit scary to look at. I have to say you wonder sometimes if that much water exists to ever fill it back up.
In every case, it filled up in the matter of 2-3 weeks.
Choke Canyon on the other hand….
In every case, it filled up in the matter of 2-3 weeks.
Choke Canyon on the other hand….
Posted on 7/24/26 at 10:16 am to Cosmo
It’s full due to more huge floods in the hill country lately.
As the atmosphere warms, it holds more water leading to more severe droughts. But when the dam occasionally breaks we get events like the hill country has seen the last 2 months.
As the atmosphere warms, it holds more water leading to more severe droughts. But when the dam occasionally breaks we get events like the hill country has seen the last 2 months.
Posted on 7/24/26 at 10:57 am to Bullfrog
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My god. You people probably still warn soldiers to keep their powder dry and their muskets clean.
I mean, it’s still pretty solid advice to keep your weapons clean and ammunition dry
Posted on 7/24/26 at 11:16 am to Oilfieldbiology
It is but today’s cartridges can handle the rain as opposed to a pouch of gunpowder. And there’s no flint to get wet and misfire.
Technological innovation addresses issues with earlier builds is the point.
Technological innovation addresses issues with earlier builds is the point.
Posted on 7/24/26 at 11:29 am to Bullfrog
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Just like most cars, they use a radiator system and cool and recirculate / not down the drain.
That is just the data center end, but what about the power generation end.
Some power plants use steam to drive turbines and use water resources in keeping that cool to keep the power flowing.
Now some of the newer natural gas generating stations don't use steam to drive their generators. I think that is how the new plant in Houma will be built. The old plant that was destroyed for Ida used steam turbines, the new ones will be jet turbines.
Just some food for thought.
Posted on 7/24/26 at 11:38 am to TejasHorn
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As the atmosphere warms, it holds more water leading to more severe droughts
Posted on 7/24/26 at 11:54 am to Tarps99
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That is just the data center end, but what about the power generation end.
There is residential water use, and then there’s industrial water use. Power generation for data centers does not fall outside the mean of regular industrial use. These data centers provided massive resources to local governments to assist and support their communities.
Quit reading Facebook nonsense.
Posted on 7/24/26 at 11:54 am to el duderino III
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Oh good. Let's go ahead and approve another 50 data centers. I'm everything will work out just fine
Every casual person who doesn’t take the time to understand the whole situation simply throws this opinion.
Especially on facebook
Posted on 7/24/26 at 12:28 pm to cgrand
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The climate dictates where the water is, nothing else matters but the climate. Whether the climate can be changed by human activity I have no way of knowing, but is changing just like it always has, and we keep ignoring it
WUT? A lot of the issues with California and Nevada water is literally humans piping it, daming it, irrigating it, and otherwise physically moving it from lakes and rivers to areas that need it and that's sometimes 100s of miles away.
This post was edited on 7/24/26 at 12:29 pm
Posted on 7/24/26 at 12:33 pm to Cosmo
I remember Lake Mead went crucially low several years ago and the climate change horns were at full volume. Then about a year and a half later, there was an above average amount of rainfall in the region and the level increased quite a bit. BUT!…..those increases rainfalls were due to…….yep you guessed it!
Posted on 7/24/26 at 1:22 pm to Cosmo
Jr's preacherman warned us long ago that it was the end of times and the Mississippi River shes a going dry. I guess he was wrong
Posted on 7/24/26 at 2:02 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
quote:our fresh water comes from rain. Where it falls is out of our control. We react to it by moving it around. We need to figure out a way to waste far less of it than we do, and to recognize that our efforts to civilize places that cannot support the water usage are doomed to fail. That’s what I meant
What? Bro, that is bullshite.
Posted on 7/24/26 at 2:06 pm to el duderino III
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Oh good. Let's go ahead and approve another 50 data centers. I'm everything will work out just fine.
You idiots need to travel back in time about 80 years to stop this.
It probably won't do anything for your climate change seeing that record temps were recorded before then.
Posted on 7/24/26 at 2:08 pm to cgrand
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our fresh water comes from rain. Where it falls is out of our control. We react to it by moving it around. We need to figure out a way to waste far less of it than we do, and to recognize that our efforts to civilize places that cannot support the water usage are doomed to fail. That’s what I meant
Every ancient text or religious book mentions a flood.
It's because humans settle near water sources and always have.
Posted on 7/24/26 at 2:09 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
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The amount of water on Earth is unchanged for millions of years. If there is a water shortage somewhere, it's generally a place where there never was much water, or the population exceeds the natural water sources - like California, Nevada, Arizona and parts of Texas.
People think when it goes down the drain it disappears from the universe forever
Posted on 7/24/26 at 2:38 pm to Cosmo
100% as of today, what about tomorrow? Will 99.99% be enough?
Posted on 7/24/26 at 3:03 pm to MKP2004
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quote: The climate change cult is a grift, always has been I wish I had more than one upvote to give.
Yep. Republicans are right on this and the rest of the planet is wrong for sure.
Posted on 7/24/26 at 3:04 pm to cgrand
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We react to it by moving it around. We need to figure out a way to waste far less of it than we do, and to recognize that our efforts to civilize places that cannot support the water usage are doomed to fail.
None of this has anything to do with the climate.
You can't overpopulate an arid region, compensate by damming rivers and creating reservoirs, and then blame the climate when you have a drought, or simply overuse the existing fresh water for residential, agriculture or industrial use.
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