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In reply to the discussion: What they don't tell you about FL sinkholes. In 2010 growers pumped a billion gallons a day [View all]L0oniX
(31,493 posts)62. ...and we all here will be paying higher water bills so they can make money from strawberries.
So if I buy strawberries I am paying more for them than just the store price. I need water much more than an occasional strawberry desert. Who decides how much water the strawberry farmers get ...and does Adam Putnam or any other assholes get kick backs from these farmers? ...and are these farmers fronts for some corporation? If they are then that would explain the abuse of our natural resources quite well.
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What they don't tell you about FL sinkholes. In 2010 growers pumped a billion gallons a day [View all]
madfloridian
Mar 2013
OP
85 sinkholes in just a short time is a very high price to pay for strawberries.
madfloridian
Mar 2013
#2
Loss of homes, high property insurance, high water bills are subsidizing the Fl strawberry economy.
L0oniX
Mar 2013
#63
Brownwood Subdivision in Baytown, TX was abandoned due to groundwater pumping
Manifestor_of_Light
Mar 2013
#4
There are about a dozen golf courses in Pinellas County (Clearwater, St. Pete)...
Sancho
Mar 2013
#72
I live there ...and know that ...seen the effects of the polution ...and high water bills. n/t
L0oniX
Mar 2013
#75
i wondered about that. i read something not so long ago about another giant (much bigger
HiPointDem
Mar 2013
#14
it doesn't seem like it was either of those, something more industrial. it was huge, i'll try to
HiPointDem
Mar 2013
#21
Good for him. In 2010 the local stations reported a little, then they backed away.
madfloridian
Mar 2013
#26
His pain was so raw and visible on tv last night I couldn't get it out of my mind all day today....
Little Star
Mar 2013
#32
Fracking in Texas will do the same. Simple oil removal has already resulted in
mbperrin
Mar 2013
#16
My bet is that the fracking/gas corporations are invested in clean water resources as well.
L0oniX
Mar 2013
#66
Thanks, madfloridian! I just heard another blip about it on the car radio while
gateley
Mar 2013
#25
More details. Caused 60 ft drop in aquifer which went up 50 ft in a few days.
madfloridian
Mar 2013
#27
State Farm dropped sinkhole coverage, but said we could pay for a survey and then get it.
madfloridian
Mar 2013
#34
I blame man for using resources irresponsibly. I think homeowners have a right to know...
madfloridian
Mar 2013
#33
"They" do tell us about this. There are numerous discussions about water use vs sinkholes
bike man
Mar 2013
#50
"Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" have become anti-abortion, anti-government, and the
Maineman
Mar 2013
#52
...and we all here will be paying higher water bills so they can make money from strawberries.
L0oniX
Mar 2013
#62
If it weren't for DU, and especially MF, I wouldn't know about this at all.
eppur_se_muova
Mar 2013
#73
Let's stop pretending. The aquifer is essential, and depleting it is stupid.
madfloridian
Mar 2013
#84