Arizona’s solar-over-canal project will tackle its major drought issue::undefined

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    9 months ago

    Are there not enough areas of the US that get rainfall suitable for growing the needed food?

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      9 months ago

      Almost everything West of the Colorado Rocky mountains is very arid and requires extensive irrigation.

      Everything except for the Pacific Northwest, and only the area west of the Cascade mountain range in Oregon and Washington.