George Knapp is one of a handful of local journalists, and I include Phoebe Sweet with the Las Vegas Sun among that number, to buck the developers and publicly question the assumptions behind the expensive and environmental catastrophic effort to pump billions of water from rural Nevada to sustain out-of-control urban growth.
Here's a snippet from George's latest:
There are nearly 10,000 desalination plants operating in the world at this very moment. The technology is already proven and is getting cheaper by the day. Somehow, other, lesser nations have figured out how to resolve the environmental and cost issues.
Las Vegas can't do it because our public officials decided long ago there is only one option they will pursue ... the pipeline.
It makes you wonder just who's going to get rich off this thing, doesn't it?
George Knapp is a veteran investigative reporter for KLAS-TV Channel 8. You can reach him at gknapp@klastv.com.
http://www.lvcitylife.com/articles/2008/04/03/opinion/knappster/iq_20697743.txt
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Great observation. Making desal work for Las Vegas and the West could be the environmental legacy for the today's short-sighted greedy pipeline promoters. Next step: Who is going to be making money on the pipeline and how?
And who will pay in the end....?
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