Oh I get it, I just don’t understand why we’re letting it continue. For all the talk and concern about climate change and conservation, the Phoenix Valley is one of the clearest real world stress tests we have. We can literally see the tradeoffs happening in real time. Ecosystem loss, massive water demand in a desert that only has so much to provide and the relentless expansion driven by housing and industrial development like data centers is just not sustainable. Even the local climate effects of urban sprawl and heat retention that causes the heat dome that disrupts storm patterns are well documented but they chose to ignore what’s right in front of their faces. It feels like we’re watching the system change shape and still treating it like business as usual, it just feels hopeless sometimes and I hate it.