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This article, if accurate (and I think it is), has serious implications for the food supply, and the economy, of not only the West but the entire country.

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I'm waiting for the comment(s) to tell me why this isn't as scary as it sounds.

> it’s 25 times higher than what farmers have paid for the last 75 years.

Just another catastrophe that I naively thought, 15-years ago, wouldn't explode as an issue in my lifetime.

That’s interesting, I interpreted the article more positively. Certainly there will be massive disruptions and that’s not good. Ideally however goods including food should be produced where they can be economically created, not where they are subsidized. Given the scarcity of water in the west all the downstream users need to be paying as close to the proper price as possible.

That’s my understanding as well. It’s forcing farmers to think about water as a sustainable resource rather than depleting the aquifers completely.

It will bring about more efficient use of water.

All the technology needed is already available thanks to the Israelis.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agriculture_in_Israel

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