“Intensive water consumption has dried up the lower 100 miles (160 km) of the river, which has rarely reached the sea since the 1960s.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_River

there a “dad jokes” community yet?

CBDCs are issued by the central bank/treasury of a nation as an official currency of that nation. Cryptocurrencies are developed by random individuals/groups and have no inherent value.

CBDCs are a nightmare from a security/privacy perspective and should be avoided at all costs

https://www.cato.org/study/risks-of-cbdcs https://decrypt.co/92129/shapeshift-erik-voorhees-cbdc-orwellian-spy-surveillance-nightmare