Hmmm. I _was_ shooting from the hip. From the air, both San Diego
and San Fran are surrounded by brown. The only green is where the
water hose reaches. Maybe not technically a desert, so I will sit
corrected.
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Jim Wildman jim@rossberry.com
On Tue, 25 Sep 2001, Isaiah Weiner wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 12:20:55PM -0500, Jim Wildman wrote:
> > I do not want wanton pollution, but you have to be more sensible than
> > "No" to every utility, industry, etc. Particularly if you chose to live
> > in a desert (which alot of CA is).
>
> Alright, now you're spouting information that simply isn't true.
>
> California is 158,869 sq mi of land. Only about 20,000 sq mi of that
> is desert (about 13%), which is not a large percentage, and the population
> density in those areas is very low.
>
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