In 1965 congress approved completion of the Auburn Dam.\u00a0 Construction began in 1968.\u00a0 The river canyon was carved on both sides to anchor the dam, by-pass tunnels were constructed and a huge cofferdam was built to divert the water.\u00a0 The dam was originally designed to be completed in 1970.\u00a0 Then there was an earthquake nearby, which scared everyone. \u00a0The environmental lobby seized the day. \u00a0 The Auburn Dam project came to a screeching halt.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a really good thing we didn\u2019t build that dam, because now we would have 2.8 million more acre feet of water available.\u00a0 Just think of the environmental damage from that.\u00a0 Why there would be no justification for building enormous tunnels designed to divert even more Northern California water to La La land.<\/p>\n
Some na\u00efve and irresponsible people, like Tom McClintock, think we should take another look at building the Auburn Dam. How stupid can you get?\u00a0 This makes me think that perhaps, gasp, McClintock might have been negatively influenced by the story of Joseph in the Bible.\u00a0 How could we possibly trust a politician who read the Bible?\u00a0 Ok, Joseph did warn Pharaoh that there were good times and bad times and that Pharaoh needed to store up grain during the good times.\u00a0 Perhaps that did save a lot of lives, but at what cost.\u00a0 Just think about all the environmental damage from building all those storage facilities.\u00a0 In addition, what kind of population control is that?\u00a0 It\u2019s not like ancient Egyptians could have solved the population problem by giving away free abortions.<\/p>\n
I know there are some misguided people who believe that California actually has enough water if we found a way to store it instead of watching 70% of it just flow into the ocean.\u00a0 How short sighted can you get?\u00a0 The obvious solution is for the state to monitor how long people take in the shower.<\/p>\n
This summer, when you\u00a0 are taking your weekly shower with one gallon of water under close supervision by Governor Brown\u2019s water Nazi corps take a moment to thank the environmental activists who made this all possible.\u00a0 When you find the cost of groceries has doubled and the average grape starts to look like a raisin, thank them for that too.\u00a0 When you start paying $5 a gallon for gas because of the increased gas taxes needed to fund the high speed rail between Modesto and Fresno, well you know who to thank.<\/p>\n
Just think of how awful it would be if the Auburn Dam had been built.\u00a0 Salmon in the American river would have to learn how to swim in all that fresh, cold water.\u00a0 People would be expected to shower again.\u00a0 We would be inundated with noise from lawnmowers cutting all that green stuff.\u00a0 We might even be forced to eat fresh vegetables again.\u00a0 All of this would be proof positive of global warming and the need to cut greenhouse emissions.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a good thing we didn\u2019t build the Auburn Dam, because that would be a Dam shame.<\/p>\n
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In 1965 congress approved completion of the Auburn Dam.\u00a0 Construction began in 1968.\u00a0 The river canyon was carved on both sides to anchor the dam, by-pass tunnels were constructed and a huge cofferdam was built to divert the water.\u00a0 The … Continue reading