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I wish more people understood the crumbling infrastructure of America. Think! we hadn’t had any wars on our land. Our infrastructure is older than everywhere.
What's crazy and sad. Sametime is that the government spends billions of the Ukraine war instead of spending it where it matters.
😂😂😂
I don't believe America believes in maintenance. It's always a reaction.
Louisiana Mississippi Flint Houston…all black communities.
They are attempting to gentrify the area. The land is worth money, and they want these people gone. My theory.
And not one ☝️ person says maybe we should stop giving Elon Musk taxpayer money to blow up rockets.
Wasn't there just floods in California?
Louisiana residents do not need taps to get potable water. There's this thing called "rain," which they get a lot of. Then there are these other things called pots, pans, laundry tubs, rain barrels, cisterns, carboys, and many other suitable vessels to catch this "rain" thing. Some folks only know about dirty tap water and plastic water bottles that are transported over vast distances to the dispensaries of "things". There is a better way. Louisiana was not ever meant to be a place to build a community that is so bloody helpless.
Pipe the oceans water into the middle of America…. Invest in water distribution
if small towns where built denser and water pipes didndt go to every house, maybe the infrasurcture would pay for itself and be able to be improved
Omg you people just don't stop
Doom and gloom with the pedal to the floor pushing the agenda at all coast
With all the technology we need more than this
Deion Sanders got the hell on
How come we got money for everything else especially foreign people that come here and we finance it
Population of Waterproof is less than 700. Put in a well and pump at each household for about $8K. Estimating 2 people per household gives $8000 x 700/2 = $2.8 million.
In many countries, there is solving this problem with desalinization plants. It is almost the only solution because freshwater from the Rocky Mountains and surrounding areas is almost depleted. The Earth cannot sustain 8 billion people especially everybody is flushing freshwater down their toilets. America needs to learn how to become conscious of our natural resources, they are limited folks. The days of the beautiful green lawn’s should be over, we NEED to change to conserve and preserve for our future children
In many countries, they are solving this problem with desalinization plants. It is almost the only solution because freshwater from the Rocky Mountains and surrounding areas is almost depleted. The Earth cannot sustain 8 billion people especially everybody is flushing freshwater down their toilets. America needs to learn how to become conscious of our natural resources, they are limited folks. The days of the beautiful green lawn’s should be over, we NEED to change to conserve and preserve for our future children
Why is nobody moving?
WATCH, IN THE FUTURE WATER WOULD BE SALE LIKE GAS IS SOLD
haaa haa, how about creating water catches for ever home to purchase…no need for all that huge infrastructure water billion dollar building…its simple, just catch and harvest water…theres endless ways to do it and it's the cleanest safest water there us, zero chemicles…thats the real answer, it's simple, it's cheap it's honest it's clean pure drinking water… cheers
I thought it was Los Angeles???