xkcd: California drought

I’m reminded of Jared Diamond’s point in his book ‘Collapse’ about Montana, that if it were an independent civilization with the same environmental problems, not integrated with the rest of the United State, that it might have already collapsed.  Seeing this about California’s drought, it’s tempting to wonder the same thing about them, or the southwest in general.

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via xkcd: California.