Comments on: Environmental Preservation of a Man-Made Lake http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/10/environmental-p.html Dispatches from a Small Business Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:39:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: la petite chou chou http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/10/environmental-p.html/comment-page-1#comment-7878 la petite chou chou Sun, 28 Oct 2007 01:29:06 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/10/environmental-p.html#comment-7878 <p>But it's certainly a LOT easier to say one acre foot than to say 1233.48 m^2.</p> <p>Also, the math is easier.</p> <p>HA!</p> But it’s certainly a LOT easier to say one acre foot than to say 1233.48 m^2.

Also, the math is easier.

HA!

]]> By: T http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/10/environmental-p.html/comment-page-1#comment-7877 T Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:12:20 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/10/environmental-p.html#comment-7877 <p>They address the issue here, on the right hand side:</p> <p>http://www.saltonsea.ca.gov/facts/fs_chrono.htm</p> They address the issue here, on the right hand side:

http://www.saltonsea.ca.gov/facts/fs_chrono.htm

]]> By: David Gillies http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/10/environmental-p.html/comment-page-1#comment-7876 David Gillies Fri, 26 Oct 2007 05:17:10 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/10/environmental-p.html#comment-7876 <p>Errm, meters cubed of course...</p> Errm, meters cubed of course…

]]> By: David Gillies http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/10/environmental-p.html/comment-page-1#comment-7875 David Gillies Fri, 26 Oct 2007 05:06:44 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/10/environmental-p.html#comment-7875 <p>As an aside, I think it's just <i>darling</i> that you Americans are still using acre feet as a volumetric measurement in the 21st C.. I just want to <i>squeeze</i> you gorgeous, tow-headed, SI-resistant little sillies to my bosom.</p> <p>The main point stands, of course. This is about as stupid as regional environmentalism gets, which is to say: very.</p> <p>N.B. one acre foot ~ 1233.48 m^2<br /> </p> As an aside, I think it’s just darling that you Americans are still using acre feet as a volumetric measurement in the 21st C.. I just want to squeeze you gorgeous, tow-headed, SI-resistant little sillies to my bosom.

The main point stands, of course. This is about as stupid as regional environmentalism gets, which is to say: very.

N.B. one acre foot ~ 1233.48 m^2

]]> By: Joseph http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/10/environmental-p.html/comment-page-1#comment-7874 Joseph Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:57:33 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/10/environmental-p.html#comment-7874 <p>The Medowlands near NYC are also anthropogenic. Much of the current marshes were cedar forests 500 years ago. Clear cutting got rid of the trees, and damming upstream for reserviors slowed the waterflow.</p> The Medowlands near NYC are also anthropogenic. Much of the current marshes were cedar forests 500 years ago. Clear cutting got rid of the trees, and damming upstream for reserviors slowed the waterflow.

]]> By: Jim http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/10/environmental-p.html/comment-page-1#comment-7873 Jim Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:55:32 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/10/environmental-p.html#comment-7873 <p>It is mentioned as a man-made lake on the web site - but it is only mentioned in that context as a myth: http://www.saltonsea.ca.gov/about/myth.htm..</p> It is mentioned as a man-made lake on the web site – but it is only mentioned in that context as a myth: http://www.saltonsea.ca.gov/about/myth.htm..

]]> By: trav.is http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/10/environmental-p.html/comment-page-1#comment-7872 trav.is Thu, 25 Oct 2007 03:21:50 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/10/environmental-p.html#comment-7872 <p>The lake isn't new by any measure. The basin exists naturally as a result of the San Andreas fault running right near it. There is evidence suggesting it has held water at least 4 previous times. They naturally dried up with evaporation. As a local, I say let the damn thing dry up. Since the current version wasn't created by nature, it isn't supposed to be there. It has a salinity of about 40% - saltier than the ocean. The only fish that can live there are tilapia, and we just had a huge die-off 3 months ago.</p> <p>The New River feeds it. The New River, flowing thru Mexicali, is the most polluted river of its size in North America. The lake is, in a word, disgusting. </p> <p>I, too, find it interesting that environmentalists would advocate the saving of a body of water that is the result of an enormous environmental disaster. </p> The lake isn’t new by any measure. The basin exists naturally as a result of the San Andreas fault running right near it. There is evidence suggesting it has held water at least 4 previous times. They naturally dried up with evaporation. As a local, I say let the damn thing dry up. Since the current version wasn’t created by nature, it isn’t supposed to be there. It has a salinity of about 40% – saltier than the ocean. The only fish that can live there are tilapia, and we just had a huge die-off 3 months ago.

The New River feeds it. The New River, flowing thru Mexicali, is the most polluted river of its size in North America. The lake is, in a word, disgusting.

I, too, find it interesting that environmentalists would advocate the saving of a body of water that is the result of an enormous environmental disaster.

]]> By: napablogger http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/10/environmental-p.html/comment-page-1#comment-7871 napablogger Thu, 25 Oct 2007 02:43:36 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/10/environmental-p.html#comment-7871 <p>Exactly right about the ag run off, I am a farmer and I actually went to a meeting with the head of the farm bureau down there who told us that the Salton Sea was now the result of ag runoff. There are high levels of selenium and some other pollutants going into the water that they are trying to cut back. </p> Exactly right about the ag run off, I am a farmer and I actually went to a meeting with the head of the farm bureau down there who told us that the Salton Sea was now the result of ag runoff. There are high levels of selenium and some other pollutants going into the water that they are trying to cut back.

]]> By: la petite chou chou http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/10/environmental-p.html/comment-page-1#comment-7870 la petite chou chou Thu, 25 Oct 2007 00:17:39 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/10/environmental-p.html#comment-7870 <p>Yes. It looks cool, but isn't it simply the result of all kinds of agricultural runoff? Yes. The only reason it is there is because the agricultural areas are STILL running off! Haha. I think the whole thing is hilarious because to save the sea, they must essentially encourage pollution!</p> Yes. It looks cool, but isn’t it simply the result of all kinds of agricultural runoff? Yes. The only reason it is there is because the agricultural areas are STILL running off! Haha. I think the whole thing is hilarious because to save the sea, they must essentially encourage pollution!

]]> By: steep http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/10/environmental-p.html/comment-page-1#comment-7869 steep Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:20:39 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/10/environmental-p.html#comment-7869 <p>Baptists and Bootleggers all over again.</p> Baptists and Bootleggers all over again.

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