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Groundwater, obviously, that's stuff that you would dig in for a well. That's a whole other thing, right? Now, it is true, this family owns brands like Wonderful Pistachios, Fiji Water, Wonderful Land Halos, Wonderful Halos, and Palm Wonderful. And that's a, you know, I don't know if you're into pomegranate juice, but if that's your thing. But anyway, let me quote from PolitiFact.
The water the Resnick's use gets stored underground initially before the water is delivered to the roots of Resnick's pistachios, almonds, pomegranate, and orchards. Specifically, it's stored in the Kern Water Bank that is the most valuable water resource in the region and critical to America's fresh food supplies.
The water the Resnick's use gets stored underground initially before the water is delivered to the roots of Resnick's pistachios, almonds, pomegranate, and orchards. Specifically, it's stored in the Kern Water Bank that is the most valuable water resource in the region and critical to America's fresh food supplies.
The water the Resnick's use gets stored underground initially before the water is delivered to the roots of Resnick's pistachios, almonds, pomegranate, and orchards. Specifically, it's stored in the Kern Water Bank that is the most valuable water resource in the region and critical to America's fresh food supplies.
The water bank, which is, watch this, the bank itself, a public-private partnership with the Resnick's own 57% of its stake, is 32 square mile recharge basin, which looks like flood lands from the street. that essentially stores, again, the 1.5 million acre feet of water, 500 billion gallons. The Resnick's storage arrangement is very controversial, right?
The water bank, which is, watch this, the bank itself, a public-private partnership with the Resnick's own 57% of its stake, is 32 square mile recharge basin, which looks like flood lands from the street. that essentially stores, again, the 1.5 million acre feet of water, 500 billion gallons. The Resnick's storage arrangement is very controversial, right?
The water bank, which is, watch this, the bank itself, a public-private partnership with the Resnick's own 57% of its stake, is 32 square mile recharge basin, which looks like flood lands from the street. that essentially stores, again, the 1.5 million acre feet of water, 500 billion gallons. The Resnick's storage arrangement is very controversial, right?
They've been banking on the water by using public and private dollars to corral public resource. Because of their water rights and their wealth, they are insulating themselves from this type of drought, which Of course, that's what rich do, right? This is what Chaz Miller says, the director of environmental analysis at Pomona College.
They've been banking on the water by using public and private dollars to corral public resource. Because of their water rights and their wealth, they are insulating themselves from this type of drought, which Of course, that's what rich do, right? This is what Chaz Miller says, the director of environmental analysis at Pomona College.
They've been banking on the water by using public and private dollars to corral public resource. Because of their water rights and their wealth, they are insulating themselves from this type of drought, which Of course, that's what rich do, right? This is what Chaz Miller says, the director of environmental analysis at Pomona College.
Private capital has no problem with the drought while the rest of us are looking at deep social divides. Somebody bought the water. But water isn't the only thing, like I said, that somebody else owes.
Private capital has no problem with the drought while the rest of us are looking at deep social divides. Somebody bought the water. But water isn't the only thing, like I said, that somebody else owes.
Private capital has no problem with the drought while the rest of us are looking at deep social divides. Somebody bought the water. But water isn't the only thing, like I said, that somebody else owes.
You know, according to publicpower.org, utilities that were sold since 1980 have ranged dramatically in size, although many had a small number of customers at the time of the sale, with a median of fewer than 600 customers. Less than 30% of utilities sold had more than 1,000 customers at the time of sale, right? So... Back then, it was a small amount of people, right? Watch this.
You know, according to publicpower.org, utilities that were sold since 1980 have ranged dramatically in size, although many had a small number of customers at the time of the sale, with a median of fewer than 600 customers. Less than 30% of utilities sold had more than 1,000 customers at the time of sale, right? So... Back then, it was a small amount of people, right? Watch this.
You know, according to publicpower.org, utilities that were sold since 1980 have ranged dramatically in size, although many had a small number of customers at the time of the sale, with a median of fewer than 600 customers. Less than 30% of utilities sold had more than 1,000 customers at the time of sale, right? So... Back then, it was a small amount of people, right? Watch this.
Only five public power utilities with 10,000 or more customers have sold, right? And four of those five sales occurred were approved since 2015. Now, the largest sale of such electric department was the city of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, which had about 68,000 customers. And when it sold to the Middle Tennessee Electric Membership Cooperative in 2020, other utilities
Only five public power utilities with 10,000 or more customers have sold, right? And four of those five sales occurred were approved since 2015. Now, the largest sale of such electric department was the city of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, which had about 68,000 customers. And when it sold to the Middle Tennessee Electric Membership Cooperative in 2020, other utilities
Only five public power utilities with 10,000 or more customers have sold, right? And four of those five sales occurred were approved since 2015. Now, the largest sale of such electric department was the city of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, which had about 68,000 customers. And when it sold to the Middle Tennessee Electric Membership Cooperative in 2020, other utilities
Substantial size include those serving the cities of Vero Beach, Anchorage, Alaska, Eagle Mountain, Utah, and altogether, we are talking about 800,000 citizens today have their electricity private. Sales have occurred in 26 states, and almost all of Kansas was sold, and it was sold in the 1980s. Now, why even make an episode on this? And it's because of this last thing, corporate cities.