I wish I shared your optimism about the power of American democracy.

Just as the residents' needs get more existential, so do the businesses'

onlypassingthru 7 hours ago | parent [-]

It's not only water, power prices are going to spike when there's no hydroelectric coming from Glen Canyon or Hoover Dams. How many 10's of millions of people get some of their power and or water from this one river?

	▲	estearum 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		We don't disagree on the problem. We disagree on whether that means suddenly residents' needs will overcome business interests. They haven't for 100 years in the Southwest. Why would they now?