Saudi Arabia draining California’s strategic groundwater reserves
California and Arizona may be dry, but Saudi Arabia is drier. Now Saudi companies are competing with farmers in the two states for limited water supplies in the region. The parent company of Saudi Arabia’s largest dairy supplier has acquired more than 4,000 acres of farmland in California over the past two years to grow alfalfa that is sent back to Saudi Arabia. For more on this, earth system and water scientist James Famiglietti, joins ‘News With Ed.’ Find RT America in your area: http://rt.com/where-to-watch/ Or watch us online: http://rt.com/on-air/rt-america-air/ Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/RTAmerica Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/RT_America
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When white people are at the recieving end of globalism they do not like it. they bleat and groan but when some monsanto fucks with farmers in India they are dead quiet
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Nuts there is plenty of fresh clean water flowing out to sea in New Zealand, man o man why don't we start exporting it.
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This should be a huge story but NO, the mainstream media in America is too busy trying to convince the world Donald Trump is racist. This upsets me greatly
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Thank ! John McCain for this deal !!
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Hey Saudi. It's me, the Midwest. You should consider buying some farmland here, it's just about as good for what you're growing. Illinois in particular is strapped for cash and will give you a good deal. Did you know Illinois is number one in the US by Muslim population per capita? We have plenty of water here, it'll cost you half what you're paying your other guy. Plus Chicago is a wonderful shipping hub, you can get anything anywhere several different ways. We'll even get you some cheap labor, work permits for Central Americans and whatnot. Mexicans Guatemalans Hondurans and Nicaraguans can help you grow what you need in Illinois. Check out the rest of the Midwest too, you won't have to worry about desert dwellers in three different states playing tug of war with the water supply.
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Can we get a wall surrounding all Saudi property in America?A very,very,deep one!
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Thanks RT and Ed!!
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why the hell are those saudis taking my water?
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Fuck the US gov they sold out our resources to chinA , saudis becUse they owe so much money to them! The american people are fedup with the gov using us as property to pay for there fucken mistakes.......uprise people. Purge the fukn military.....purge obama. Purge the IRS purge them and topple there fucken plans. They shall not take food from my mouth or water! I shall fight for it!!
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Ed Shultz or whatever his name is should expose the full range of direct and indirect welfare that America sends to Israel. However, he will not, because Ed is a shill for the US mainstream media. At least Saudi Arabia provides oil, gas, and the petrodollar. Israel gives liberal guilt and religious fantasies.
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WTF got Saudi Arabia to do with California's water ? LOL
STOP LIEING ...... If you hate Saudi Arabia because the Oil is cheaper now and you Russians want it more expensive >> Make reasonable Lies to let this stupid people believe it's true << As MR. Bush did to destroy IRAQ and kill innocent people -
welcome to the market where the growers can pay for the water to irrigate the plant and sell it to whomever is willing to pay. maybe the u.s should stop buying saudi oil.
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There is a lot of underground water in libya , unfortunately they destroyed the man made river that gaddafi build , why wouldn't there be any in Saudi Arabia?
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hey everybody....uh uh learned a new word !
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somebody needs to fly over and put some weed killer on that field
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Sorry americans, your country loves money more than its people and you are still proud of it lmao!!
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Wahhabis gonna Wahhabi.
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Royal Dutch Shell has just bought BG British Gas to help its investors share prices because of the slump in oil prices. We do not in the UK wish to remain in the EU just to hang on to old British Gas memories thank you, not only that but 500 people are to have their jobs axed by Shell to cut costs for even more profit. Dam the EU.
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why the fuck dont these countries get the water from the ocean? we got the technology now.
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