Draining Away
Posted on March 26th, 2004 by mike
So I was looking at a map of the US aquifer system. More details here. The Ogallala Aquifer that serves Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska is nicely outlined. That’s draining quickly. Another generation or two and its Ogallala’s remaining water resources will not be economically viable to extract. Bye bye US grain production. Of course, the reduction in Canadian natural gas exports will have destroyed the US fertiliser production long before then…
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