Apparently people are still arguing about if Twain wrote this or not. Either way it's still pithy
"About the turn of the century Mark Twain took a trip out to the West, passed through Nevada and California, and I believe Arizona. He returned to the East and summarized his view of this rather contentious area by saying, “Out there they use whiskey for drinking and they save the water for fighting.” Indeed, that was something of a prophecy about how we have handled our problems in the past"
Does anyone know how expensive desalination of water on a large scale is? If that really isn't practical it seems the smart move would be to plan to move large scale farming to areas with better water supply. I'd guess that we would loose some early season fresh fruits and vegetables? Personally I'd rather have to eat canned of frozen through the Winter and early Spring than not eat....
