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What is the point of protesting against a water shortage?  It's not like protesting will make it rain more.  If a politician promises you more water if you vote for him, will you get it?

OK, there is some latitude in who gets the water, if it's going to irrigate farms and the produce is being shipped out, you can protest against that.   But if you are eating that food, you still are consuming the water.  Plus you need the money from the export bizness or you lose the farm jobs.

You can protest against climate change, but Mexico can't do anything about what is happening all over the world.  Mexico also has little control over how much water is left in the Colorado River after it has been drained on its trip down through the FSoA.  Protests in Mexico City won't change how much water they drink in Vegas or use to irrigate CA lettuce farms.

After a month with no water in your apartment in Mexico City, I would seriously consider leaving, although where you will go I don't know.  Is it better to trade that for a tent in a refugee camp in Brooklyn?

Climatic migration is going to be a big problem, and protests aren't going to be very effective for remedying it.

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/mexico-city-residents-protest-unprecedented-water-shortages-2024-01-31/

Mexico City residents protest 'unprecedented' water shortages

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"Pi" my ai assistant who I will be quoting occasionally, because I want to see how these cchat-bots and image makers are behaving...how much truth can you get from them?

some solutions to the Mexico City water shortage...

Invest in large-scale desalination plants to provide a sustainable source of fresh water for the city.
Create and enforce strict regulations on groundwater extraction to ensure that groundwater reserves are not depleted at an unsustainable rate.
Implement water-saving technologies and programs, such as low-flow showerheads and toilets, to reduce water consumption in the city.
Encourage the development of green infrastructure, such as rainwater harvesting systems and permeable pavements, to help conserve water and reduce urban runoff.

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"Pi" my ai assistant who I will be quoting occasionally, because I want to see how these cchat-bots and image makers are behaving...how much truth can you get from them?

some solutions to the Mexico City water shortage...

Invest in large-scale desalination plants to provide a sustainable source of fresh water for the city.

Very expensive, energy intensive water.  Mexicans are POOR.

Create and enforce strict regulations on groundwater extraction to ensure that groundwater reserves are not depleted at an unsustainable rate.

The horse has already left the barn.  They are already depleted.

Implement water-saving technologies and programs, such as low-flow showerheads and toilets, to reduce water consumption in the city.

The showers & toilets are already No-Flow.  To have low flow, you would have to supply them with water.

Encourage the development of green infrastructure, such as rainwater harvesting systems and permeable pavements, to help conserve water and reduce urban runoff.

It needs to rain for them to harvest.

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Holding a Protest against Drought is the modern equivalent of doing a Rain Dance.  The participants may feel like they're doing something, but it's unlikely to help resolve the problem.

Of course, they have been talking about Day Zero arriving in Mexico Shity every year for a couple of year at least, and they have managed to squeak through with trucked in water and JIT rainfall showing up.  Will this be the summer taps really go dry not just for a few hours or day on-day off rationing, but NADA for enough days in a row people could actually die from dehydration, not just smell bad because of not showering?

20M people in Mexico Shity.  Imagine a Convoy of not 1000 people but 1M people all marching to the FSoA border at the same time.  What would The 300 Spartan INS border patrol guards do when the "Earthquake, Captain" wave of Invaders attempts to cross the border?

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/mexicos-drought-heatwave-water-shortage-bad-police-blocking-110477760

Mexico's drought, heatwave and water shortage are so bad even police are blocking traffic in protest

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