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Environment & Energy

hunter

(38,310 posts)

9. Something really ought to be done about the Salton Sea...

Reply to Junkdrawer (Reply #8)

Mon Sep 10, 2012, 08:02 PM

Sep 2012

...whether or not this is the problem today.

Humans made this mess, humans ought to clean it up.

If we can't work our way through a simple "geoengineering" problem like this, it's sort of silly to talk about geoengineering our way out of larger problems like climate change.

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Mysterious 'rotten egg' smell wafts over San Fernando Valley (California) [View all] lexw Sep 2012 OP

sulfur, also known as brimstone eShirl Sep 2012 #1

There's a hellmouth in Sunnydale. nt Speck Tater Sep 2012 #5

Not so sure about the Salton Sea... antiquie Sep 2012 #2

I live in the San Fernando Valley and I smell nothing, but lob1 Sep 2012 #3

smell it here in the Inland Empire as well... n/t nebenaube Sep 2012 #4

First place to look would be the oil industry... hunter Sep 2012 #6

It's horrible outside today, really swampy humid and hot, so I wouldn't know. But..... kestrel91316 Sep 2012 #7

LA Times "99.9% sure" it's the Salton Sea.... Junkdrawer Sep 2012 #8

Something really ought to be done about the Salton Sea... hunter Sep 2012 #9

I have to agree. AverageJoe90 Sep 2012 #12

AQMD still won't commit: email dated September 10, 2012 6:43 PM antiquie Sep 2012 #15

Well RobertEarl Sep 2012 #17

Bad shit! Hydrogen sulphide. longship Sep 2012 #10

MFM, wherefore art thou? zbdent Sep 2012 #11

Made me think of my youth, going through the Hazelwood section of Pittsburgh... happyslug Sep 2012 #13

I used to live in a place where the water coming out of the tap smelled like this. hunter Sep 2012 #16

The Dodgers are 5 games down XemaSab Sep 2012 #14

:D lexw Sep 2012 #18