Texas, the southern plains and the southwest will become a permanent dust bowl, if greenhouse gas emissions, causing climate change continue, unabated. In Texas, average temperatures 5 degrees Fahrenheit hotter, combined with permanent drought, will cause rivers and aquifers to dry up and crops to wither and die. Evaporation will far exceed precipitation. Parched cities will be hard pressed to find adequate water supplies for household and business needs. Conventional power generation methods will not have adequate water supplies for producing electricity.
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