Oddbean

And seeing the nonsense that is being said about climate change. The climate has always changed, and man can do nothing to avoid it, but man is capable of preventing catastrophes with the right infrastructure, you just have to adapt to the climate. The European Union is implementing a plan to demolish dams so that river waters follow their natural course, ignoring the fact that many dams were built precisely to prevent flooding. https://damremoval.eu I think it is great that water flows through rivers and there are no dams, but we also have to think about what happens with the hydroelectric energy produced by these and with all the houses and infrastructures built that are prone to flooding, we are talking about millions of people, millions of lives. In 2005 the socialist government of Zapatero repealed the national hydrological plan approved by the government of Aznar which included the construction of a dam in Cheste to avoid precisely what has happened now. https://m.primal.net/LqZg.png In conclusion, what kills is not climate change, what kills are bad policies.

The previous government of Valencia that was woke wanted to demolish the infrastructure that Franco made to divert the river Turia after the flood of 1957, infrastructure that this time has saved thousands of lives. Woke culture kills. https://www.levante-emv.com/valencia/2019/02/12/valencia-quiere-recuperar-rio-turia-13641348.html nostr:note10fcew7k4qcapsy4ch9kuktngzzvkaq7u2qkj6c9lfa6u04s9hmvq5g4dfy

“We often think of rivers as following a given path for the course of its life, but really, the path changes over time as the flow cuts into the earth. The water flows through old and new and back again. In 1944, cartographer Harold Fisk mapped the current Mississippi River. It’s the white trail. Then Fisk used old geological maps to display old paths. They’re the old colored paths. And what you get is this long run of windy, snake-like things.” https://i.nostr.build/kh0lm8fj6kgepdNc.webp https://flowingdata.com/2010/09/15/evolving-path-of-the-mississippi-river/

Desde los despachos de Bruselas se regula cómodamente y con el bolsillo generosamente regado, muy lejos del Levante y de haberse criado sabiendo lo que significa el dicho de «cuando el agua viene lo hace con las escrituras por delante». Y por supuesto sin valorar lo más mínimo la razón de las infraestructuras hidrológicas hechas por generaciones o incluso civilizaciones previas. Que una cosa es repoblar adelfas para aminorar la escorrentía y otra volver a meter ramblas y ríos por los cascos urbanos. Porque esto último seguro que luego no dejarían mantenerlo limpio, como ya pasa con barrancos y ramblas.