There are currently more than 1,000 counties in the United States covering 61% of the U.S. land mass (including Alaska and Hawaii). This is a phenomenal issue for this country. As a Meteorologist, I have lectured on the subject of water on multiple occassions and my message has always been the same; our country has done a terrible job of planning the most important resource of all - water.
The ability to move water from one place to another is one of the most crucial capabilities a nation must have, yet our country has only a limited capability on the west coast. The success and survival of countries is not measured by hundreds of years, but by thousands of years, and places on our planet that were once lush with vegetation are not deserts. Take Ethiopia for example, more than 2,000 years ago it was a lush and fertile country that was so powerful that even the Egyptian army would not fight against it, and now, 2,000 years later it cannot even feed its own people.
World climates change and weather patterns come and go, the "have's" can easily become the "have not's" and no matter how technologically advanced you are, socially advanced, and even militarily advanced you are - it will all come crashing down if there is ever a 10 or a 20 year drought over your region - something which has happened thousands of times throughout history.
Well, those are just my thoughts, we need to make moving water around this country as easy as it is to move freight around on the railroads.
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