At 10:05 PM 8/1/2009, you wrote: >On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 10:02 PM, Lyle Tuttle wrote: > > At 09:43 PM 8/1/2009, you wrote: > > > > ok... I'll bite on this one primarily because this is fun. and > > thanks for the complements! > > > > when considering the Libertarian argument the key point is > > Infrastructure. Interestingly, AZ is the most libertarian state by > > far but *relies the most on infrastructure*! There is nothing out > > here but space. We have to bring in most of our water. This is done > > by the government (which you indicate below). So in other words it > > was none other than the *government* that made life possible out here. > > Strangely Arizonans don't like to recognize that fact. You can buy > > your own plot of land and play Davey Crockett. Have fun digging your > > well, hope you hit water on your first drill! hope your aquifer doesnt > > run dry. > > > > It might, with the new, high water usage solar power stations they are > > building -- one in Casa Grande and another in Buckeye...... > > > ok why would solar power stations use water? > > -jmz Cooling towers and to create ultra-pure for high pressure steam....... Fox example, the one proposed for buckeye will use (using their numbers as presented in the federal register) from 892 GPD to 4,352,126 GPD -- they estimate power @ 375 MW lyle