NPPD R-Project across the Sandhills

[Anonymous]

Not to change the subject- but as MRJ brought up about the continuing growing need for power-- I think the sandhills and Nebraska has a commodity more precious than oil that folks will be coming after--- water, like in the Ogalla Aquifer... As populations increase- and demand for food increases- the need for water will increase...

 

[rancherfred]

While I understand why people push back against thing that are subsidized. But things have to start somewhere. The wind towers seem like a good way to make energy without using stuff that others need. I understand that they might not be self Suficient right now but eventually the fossil fuel are going to run out. There seems to be a generational gap as to wether these are worth doing or not. We can't as a country just use all the recorces and just say the hell with whoever is still around when it's gone. We are having some of the same dilemmas over water where I live. Some of the older people want to just pump until the water runs out and everyone left is just hosed.

If it actually needs to be done govt won't have to be involved. Govt gets involved when there are people trying to force others to support their pet scam in order to make a buck. Govt subsidies are there because the market won't do something as stupid as force people to double the price of their power in order to fix a non-existent problem, i.e. climate change or peak oil. Remember, all of these mandates hit the poorest amongst us hardest. It isn't the rich that are getting hurt by these mandates, it is the poor and the middle class that are getting nailed. We are beginning to export natural gas. I don't think we need to worry too much about peak oil. When the market decides that we need to find another energy source it will and the only thing the govt. subsidies will do is hinder that process.

 

[Denny]

Not to change the subject- but as MRJ brought up about the continuing growing need for power-- I think the sandhills and Nebraska has a commodity more precious than oil that folks will be coming after--- water, like in the Ogalla Aquifer... As populations increase- and demand for food increases- the need for water will increase...

Funny thing about water some need it and for me I have alot of time spent keeping it flowing south. Alot of my land was under water when I purchased it but a trachoe works wonders if it looks like a dry year coming on I just leave the beavers all three parcels have beaver problems which basically flood irrigate each spring then I let the water out a few times and hay it.

 

[mrj]

Heard in a class at NCBA meeting: KS folks are looking at, maybe even more than looking, as I didn't get details, taking water out of the MO River along the KS border to compensate for losses of Ogalalla water.

I believe that COULD be a good solutions, IF flood water is diverted from the east side of ND/west MN where it seems to flood nearly every year, and is very slow to move out. I know most, if not all of it goes into Canada, but don't know if that would be a problem for anyone if some were diverted. I've also noticed it is often flooding there when it is not flooding on the Missouri River through ND and SD. Wonder if some of that excess water could be put down the Big Sioux River, which borders SD/MN, and OA on the south end, putting into the MO River at Sioux City, with benefit to all parties affected?

 

[Mike]

Not to change the subject- but as MRJ brought up about the continuing growing need for power-- I think the sandhills and Nebraska has a commodity more precious than oil that folks will be coming after--- water, like in the Ogalla Aquifer... As populations increase- and demand for food increases- the need for water will increase...

From what I read, they have already restricted use of that Aquifer by eliminating some of the well drilling through "Spacing" permits.

 

[3 M L & C]

Not to change the subject- but as MRJ brought up about the continuing growing need for power-- I think the sandhills and Nebraska has a commodity more precious than oil that folks will be coming after--- water, like in the Ogalla Aquifer... As populations increase- and demand for food increases- the need for water will increase...

From what I read, they have already restricted use of that Aquifer by eliminating some of the well drilling through "Spacing" permits.

About 40 years ago. But that's still not helping much. Where we are.

 

[Sandhills boy]

Sandhills, I live 4 miles in on calf creek, where are you?