The article isn’t clear enough about this. This pump is nowhere close to the fires, and the water coming out of the pump doesn’t get anywhere close to the fires, either.

The purpose of the pumps is to take water from rivers and send it to wealthy farmers. The farmers didn’t even need the water, anyway, this time of year.

Looks like you are stuck with fruits, grains, herbs, and ornamentals in the front yard, then, lol.

Only congress can declare “war”, but as far as I know, that hasn’t happened since WW2. The president just does what they want.

If they are re-investing revenue, it’s not profit. I would want them to be able to expand, pay employees better, etc. What I wouldn’t want is for them to make money and just pay dividends to shareholders.

It’s like these people forget they have to breath the same air as us.

It’s quasi-public, which is weird. It is subsidized, but just barely (they have like 95% farebox recovery), so i don’t think it’s even responsible to call it subsidized like road and air travel.

I bet if there was enforcement of train priority laws, they could even be a revenue generator. Philosophically, I dont think they should be, though.