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67. Hoover dam has never produced as much electricity in a single year...

Wed May 13, 2026, 07:24 PM

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... as the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant. Recently it's not even close. It's not a "humongous" amount of power and it won't really be missed.

The same is true of Glen Canyon.

Water flows uphill to money, possibly to an elevation of 2,000 feet or so, which means Phoenix and Los Vegas are probably all right, even if they have to scrimp for a few years.

The people of the Upper Colorado River Basin may be in for some tough times.

Eventually Southern California cities are going to increase their use of desalinization. Arizona is going to pay for that in exchange for California's share of the Colorado River. The first of these exchanges are beginning to happen now.

Cities can afford expensive water -- recycled, transported long distances, desalinated, etc. Agriculture cannot. That'll be the first thing to go away. That too is already happening.

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