>>>Obviously you know absolutely nothing about the state or those
living in it!!!!!>>>
Hey Terry . . . Can you clarify who you are talking about? Me or the other
person that posted and does not know much about Utah: >) Granted I have
lived here far too long, but I do know my state and its peculiarities. And, we
can often be rather silly.
Just a state government willing to put a nuclear waste dump on an
earthquake fault line,
Which plan? There are several being discussed. I think. I have not followed
the story. Are you talking about the Indian land? We need some place to put
the waste and you simply cannot prove it is dangerous. I am all ears if you
can. Today, nuclear power plants are the second largest source of electricity
in the United States. They provide about 20 percent of the nation's
electricity each year. Gots to put that waste somewhere.
>>>a megalomaniacal ultra-conservative patriarchal religion...
I will give you that. To a point. Not on this list that likely does not
want religion.
>>>and a large lake drying up>>>
Do you mean the Great Salt Lake? Once part of Lake Bonneville. The lake is
now landlocked. The largest lake between the Great Lakes and the Pacific
Ocean, and the largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere.
I do wonder what your solution might be. Perhaps we can take all of
California’s non-salty water and fill 'er up again. I am not sure it is fair
to bang Utah because its Great Salt Lake is drying up. Here are a few stats:
(from a Utah Web Site) Lake Bonneville once covered 20,000 square miles of
land in what is now Utah, Nevada, and Idaho; some 10,000 to 30,000 years ago.
The present lake is about 75 miles long and 35 miles wide, with a maximum
depth of 33 feet. After a series of wet years, the lakes surface area may be
much larger but it will be only a little bit deeper.
I plan to take a URAL sidecar rig around parts of the lake next spring. You
should visit the lake.
I am sure those living and loving life in Nevada and Idaho are glad the
lake has dried a bit.
Bob
