Rule 1 of politics: Answer the question you want, not the question you’re asked.
this post was submitted on 17 Jan 2025
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That works in the US. Other countries have journalists that just keep asking the same question over and over until it's answered
The data centers made it not rain for six months?
If the clouds weren't in the internet then they would be available to rain on the earth.
No, data centers made them build thousands of homes in areas with greater fire risk
It would be easy to look at that headline and decry clueless politicians, but a more honest title might read: “Politicians Use Momentum of the Moment to Push for Legislation to Address a Major, Related Issue of Particular Importance to the Region.”
Blaming anything to avoid the actual issue: Southern California is a desert with unpredictable precipitation, and the state has allowed wealthy interests to hoard water. Also, maybe there are in fact too many damn people down here.
I mean, blaming climate change for further reducing the precipitation levels is probably accurate.
Honestly it has always been dry
Well, yeah, but the two decades of drought brought on by rising temperatures and changing weather patterns certainly didn't help.
So Cal has had erratic weather patterns for as long as they've been keeping records and beyond. Couple that with horrible water management policy and an enormous (and honestly unsustainably large) population, and we end up with the situation we're in now. The fact of the matter is that there already not enough water here, both surface water and ground water, and the sheer amount of people and requirements put a massive burden on the system. This is why LADWP's water wars led to fighting in Owens Valley and why most water has to be imported into the LA basin. And then you have schmucks in the San Joaquin valley constantly trying to take more than their fair share to grow fucking almonds and other bullshit crops that get exported abroad, while charging regular citizens out the ass to take a shower.
Not to say your wrong, but it's disingenuous to ignore the underlying reality and just say climate change. Sure rising temps are a problem, but at this point they're just exacerbating an already problematic system.
Who, uh... approved those data centers?
You don't blame the kid for asking if they can have ice cream for dinner, you blame the parent who allows it.