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@VoteTrevorLee So in Utah to get a DPC you have to take the written test in English. I don't see what the problem is you're trying to claim, also considering you don't know what the law is in Utah regarding DPC process. Are facts just too annoying for your narrative or what?

@ChrisInSLC Utah is much worse. I’ve been on plenty of ride alongs with highway patrol

Do you want to get really angry? Check out how easy it is in Utah for non-citizens to get a drivers privilege card. And to make it even worse, they don’t have to take a test in English

@VoteTrevorLee Actually according to the Utah Department of Public Safety, all tests are administered in English only: dld.utah.gov/dpc-original/

@Utahfarmersorg1 Water in Las Vegas is cheaper because: Economies of Scale Guaranteed water rights from Colorado River No pumping uphill Irrigation bans are in effect (no lawns) No exponential curve for excessive consumptive use You've been in water for 32 years and you couldn't figure this out?

Where you getting our water information from? Utah's water cartel? I've been in Utah's water markets for 32 years. It's a river of swampy water nonsense. If 10% of Utah stop using water, that would help the Great Salt Lake for 4 days of evaporation. Why is an acre-foot of 100% consumptive water $8,600 in Las Vega, but as high as $60,000 an acre-foot for 50% consumptive water in Summit County? Why is it illegal to use rain barrel water for a domestic use? Why are we required to register a rain barrel with 101 gallons of water worth 10 cents? A stamp costs 82 cents. Why haven't we started a new major reservoir in 40 years? We lost 50% of our water storage capacity per person. Why are we spending millions to save water for California which tore down 100 dams and reservoirs? Why do we have Utah houses with no water meters? Why are there 4.4 million acre-feet of federal water applications to appropriate worth $5+ Billion pending on our books? We cry for local control of our land, but not our water. How does that make sense? Why can I plant 10 trees evaporating 500 gallons of water a day without a water right, but can't plant a foundation for a home evaporating 5 quarts of indoor water a day without an expensive water right. Why can I dry farm with no water right and use as much water as a wet farm requiring a water right? Why does Nevada and Israel use their water twice, but we don't? We claim to be the most "educated." Why do we pray for rain, when other state actually build new reservoirs and don't pray? Why hasn't Utah updated the amount of water needed to get a Building Permit in 45 years? Why do we have cities replacing their water lines every 255 years? No state code for a state leaking enough water for 4 million new people. Do you think a water line lasts 255 years? Shorter showers, less flushes, low flow dishwashers and washing machines don't help the Great Salt Lake at all. The water snitch lines on your neighbors don't help the Great Salt Lake. They do increase contention. Do you think all this water red tape and nonsense is useful to Utah families? No. But it's useful for Utah's water cartel which provides drippy water nonsense. Better Policies for Better Living

@Utahfarmersorg1 Who's a member of this so-called cartel? Would love names so we know who to avoid!

@Utahfarmersorg1 Human-caused depletions are the only thing that matters to the lake levels. You can't blame the natural environment when the lake was completely full 40 years ago when these same billions of trees were here, and the only drastic change since then is human consumption.

@Utahfarmersorg1 Water cartel? What water cartel? All the University researchers are part of it? Does this cartel stretch across to other states, that have also done this research and come to the same conclusions? You keep posting about billions of trees drinking up all the water with no evidence

Around 1850, Utah would have been lucky to have 0.5 Billion trees, not the 8 Billion trees we have today. 1850 images of Salt Lake City show virtually no trees. In the 1920's the federal gov't introduced non-native Chinese Elms, Russian Olives and Tamaracks for "shade." Now there are millions of non-native trees in Utah sucking it dry. Hundreds of millions of trees came from Home Depot, Lowe's, Walmart garden centers and nurseries importing trees. 3.5 million acres of Aspen were lost to aggressive Pine Trees. Aspens use up to 40% less water. 96% of Utah's water is no consumed by cities, farms, or industry. We squeezed the 4% of the water cities, farms and industry consume already. Time to consider the 80% Utah's trees are evaporating to cut Fire Insurance costs, to cut power costs, to provide water for the Great Salt Lake. 1st driest (9.5") NV - 2 Billion trees 2nd driest (12.3") UT - 8 Billion trees on 54.3 mm acres 3rd driest (13") WY - 4 Billion trees 4th driest AZ (13.6") - 5 Billion trees on 72.7 mm acres Compare UT to AZ for number of trees, number of acres, and inches of precipitation. Utah has 3 billion trees too many evaporating 6 trillion gallons a year (18.5 million acre-feet). The Great Salt Lake needs just 0.7 mm to 1 mm more acre-feet to come back. The math says it's the trees. Show my your math. If we ended all city water use in the Great Salt Lake water basin, that would days of evaporation. If we ended all farming in the Great Salt Lake water basin, that would be 120 days of evaporation. You want to destroy the last food production Utah has instead of thinning tree overgrowth? That does not make sense.

@BenBikmanPhD @America_Lover76 2% milk gallon, $8.49 vs $3.50 in Utah. 30-ct eggs, $15.99 vs $7.89 for 60-ct eggs Alpha protein bar. $3.99 vs $2.49

@America_Lover76 Hm. Can’t argue with the data. But things like eggs, milk, and even protein bars, are cheaper in Laie than in Provo.

I’m in Hawaii with my family this week. Serious question: how are groceries in Hawaii cheaper than groceries in Utah? Can anyone explain this to me?

@Utahfarmersorg1 Before you make wild claims that tress drink all the water and leave none for the GSL, do a little research. Univ of Utah/Utah State study actually found thinning trees can result in less water reaching streams. Also see US Forest Service research.

@Utahfarmersorg1 1850, Great Salt Lake was around 4200'. 1986, highest ever recorded lake level, 4211', with billions more trees. How? And your theory of trees sucking up all the water has no scientific backing. More trees protects the snowpack, allowing melting instead of evaporation.

@danmccay @CNBC We didn't move up the list until we changed the flag.... Just sayin 😂

@SonjaNikolayev @Utahfarmersorg1 Data centers don't use much water.

@Utahfarmersorg1 And yet I water the crap out of my lawn. Every. Single. Day. My dogs have the most lush toilet in the city. My water is not metered and if there is enough water for a data center then there is enough water for my pups to poop in comfort.

Utah Rivers Council - "Utah's Leadership Drought is a National Embarrassment." Is this true? Yes and No. Yes, Utah imposes a 1981 indoor water requirement to get a Building Permit adding $10,000 to $60,000 in water Red Tape to a home build. Yes. Utah's Watershed Restoration Initiative (WRI) program which cut trees and thinned on 2.8 billion wildland should to have included the 100,000 acres in where 60,000 homes are in "high risk" wildfire burn area. Yes. Utah should not have given property taxing authority to water districts to build water treatment plants to water lawns. Yes. Utah's water storage per capita has declined 50% with no new reservoirs started in 40 years. No. Utah's ranks high in city water use because we use city water to water lawns. No. Utah's indoor water use has declined from 400 gallons a day to under 200 gallons a day. No. Utah's farmers use less water than ever before. No. Utah has started to follow the water policies of Las Vegas and Jerusalem which use their water twice. First indoors. That capture the sewer effluent, and use is again outdoors. There is a lake of room for improvement in Utah's water management. Hiring a Las Vegan or Jesusalemite as for our State Water Engineer would be a positive. Better Policies for Better Living. mailchi.mp/utahrivers/uta…

@Utahfarmersorg1 Nobody pays $130,000 an acre. I already called you on your inability to do math. Now you continue to repeat it, so you're willingly lying at this point.

Utah's lawns use 0.25% of Utah's water. Why the constant drum beat against family lawns? Ripping out family friendly lawns for $130,000 an acre is more Utah water carel nonsense. Who gets the "saved" water? Utah's 8 Billion trees evaporating 80% of Utah's water. Data Centers and Nuke Plants. California which tore down 100 dams and reservoirs. Water is for people. Utah families are more important than spoiled California's water nonsense. Why are Utah families spending millions to "save" water for a water reckless state like California? Utah is a desert state trying to look like Florida. Why? The oceans and rain forests make oxygen, not high deserts like Utah. When will Utah adopt the water policies of Las Vegas and Jerusalem which use their water twice? When will Utah hire a State Water Engineer from Nevada or Israel? Better Policies for Better Jobs for Better Living

@Utahfarmersorg1 The Great Salt Lake has been full with all the same 8 billion trees. Time to consider agriculture uses 5x more water than residential and whether farming in a desert makes sense.

3 million pounds of bird poop a day in the Great Salt Lake from the 12 million birds. Good thing it's so salty. The Sequoia in the room is the 8 Billion trees evaporating 80% of Utah's water. Only 4% of Utah's consumptive water is used by cities, famers and industry. You can only squeeze, and conserve that 4% so much. It's time to consider the 94% of Utah's water not used by cities, farmers, or industry. As for migratory birds, well they migrate where they please. If they don't use the Great Salt Lake, they'd find another place. Birds adapt fast. #commentsContainer" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">ksl.com/article/515959…

@VoteTrevorLee @DefiantLs It's called art. You should try to put down your grievance bullhorn for once and appreciate it.

@DefiantLs Buying into the mental illness

Christopher Nolan: “It was really fun. Elliot’s just terrific, and I just thought this was such a great part for him. We had such a great time years ago on Inception. It’s nice to reunite with people.”

@StatisticUrban It's Santa Barbara. It's always Santa Barbara.

Far too generous, it's really closer to something like this. 60-80F, a lower dewpoint, and a max cloud cover rule.

@VoteTrevorLee @theblaze He's not wrong. Easy for us white European males to dismiss it. But to do so is ignorance of reality and a lack of empathy for others who grew up in a world where the media underrepresented a lot of groups. Homogeny isn't always beneficial despite what Utah Mormons would like.

@theblaze Good grief

Dwayne Johnson says he lacked cultural representation in the media growing up: “Indiana Jones inspired me. When I was 8 years old watching Harrison Ford, I was like, ‘I want to be that guy,’ but that guy didn't look like me.”

@RosieM00re @ChaseThomason @HeidiWhitaker sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Threat is not only from inhalation directly, but ingestion of these elements if they fall on crops. More than 1/3 exposure risk to kids 0-6 exceeds safe thresholds, impacting brain development. Elements include arsenic, lead, thallium, cadmium, antimony.

@ChrisInSLC @ChaseThomason @HeidiWhitaker I’d be interested in seeing the studies. Do you have links? As the Great Salt Lake evaporates leaving salt flats (which is inevitable) these dust storms will become more prevalent.

POSSIBLE TOXIC DUST MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN UTAH 💨 Take a look at this. A wall of dust is being pushed east and south off the Great Salt Lake as thunderstorm outflow winds race across the area. Some of this dust may contain particles from the exposed lakebed, which has raised air quality concerns in recent years. It’s impossible to know exactly what’s in the dust without testing, but visibility could drop quickly, and air quality may temporarily worsen. If you’re out driving, be prepared for sudden reductions in visibility. If you have asthma or other respiratory conditions, it may be a good idea to limit time outdoors until the dust settles.

@RosieM00re @ChaseThomason @HeidiWhitaker There's been numerous scientific studies of the composition of the sediment that is exposed when these winds blow. There's no scientific way not to conclude the dust contains toxic elements. Unless you're wilfully ignorant.

@ChaseThomason @HeidiWhitaker Here’s an idea - I’m sure there are multiple air-testing stations that could give a breakdown of the particulates in this dust cloud. Find out the composition of the dust before calling it “possibly toxic”.