**********************************************3*************************** The winter weather predicted for today hasn't come in--yet. Just looked up the Weather Channel and found the time period has shifted. Now we expect it to come in at noon and last til 10pm tonight. Also they expect less snow to accumulate. We don't have to go out so we won't.
Found this rather long article on Naked Capitalism on the drought in Northern Mexico--exactly where the massive new Tesla plant is going (maybe) to be built. The area is already home to water bottlers, beer brewers, and two Coca Cola bottler they can ing plants--all massive water users. Last year's drought was the worst for the last 30 years and this year doesn't look any better. Those water users kept pumping during the drought to the detriment of individual users who are limited in how much water they can use. Needless to say residents are demonstrating--while the Mexican President and the state governor are encouraging more industry.
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Nice and sunny today. We did get somewhere between 4 and 8 inches of very heavy, wet snow yesterday. But a lot of it has already melted and we expect well above freezing temperatures for the coming week.
I found this story on BBC today. The only surprising part is the projection that by 2035 half of the world's population will be obese. I would have expected a smaller proportion. The American pattern of food consumption is being emulated and has been for a long time: more meat, more processed foods. There isn't an area in the world now (with the exceptions of North Korea and Russia) that doesn't have a McDonalds or a KFC. And the world's people are living more sedentary lives.
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