Why The Ocean Can’t Fix The Drought
California's drought is bad. Really bad. If we could take salt out of ocean water, could that fix the problem? Follow Julian on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jhug00 ...
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California is in the 4th year of a severe drought, but it’s right next to the biggest ocean on the planet. Some of our viewers want to know, why aren’t they just using that? Hey everyone, Julian here for DNews. California is thirsty. On top of having almost 39 million residents, California grows an unbelievable amount of food. With agriculture being a 36 billion dollar industry in the state, it’s more than twice as big as any other states. And that means that in 2010 the US Geological Survey estimates California used almost, I hope you’re sitting down for this number, 52 trillion liters of water. That’s 142 billion liters a day. But California hasn’t been getting the precipitation it needs for the past 4 years and now they’re scrambling for new sources of drinking wate...
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California is in the 4th year of a severe drought, but it’s right next to the biggest ocean on the planet. Some of our viewers want to know, why aren’t they just using that? Hey everyone, Julian here for DNews. California is thirsty. On top of having almost 39 million residents, California grows an unbelievable amount of food. With agriculture being a 36 billion dollar industry in the state, it’s more than twice as big as any other states. And that means that in 2010 the US Geological Survey estimates California used almost, I hope you’re sitting down for this number, 52 trillion liters of water. That’s 142 billion liters a day. But California hasn’t been getting the precipitation it needs for the past 4 years and now they’re scrambling for new sources of drinking wate...
