Farmers in Texas and California need to stop growing rice, which should be imported from water-rich countries like Vietnam. Instead, US farmers should be encouraged to shift to other crops, such as sesame, with the government sharing the cost of replacement machinery needed to cultivate and harvest them.
美国联邦政府需要干预水行业。只要这些扭曲状况存在，新技术就难以竞争。水部门的合理化将吸引新投资者进入市场。德州和加州农民需要停止种植水稻，而转为从越南等富水国家进口。相反，美国应该鼓励农民转向芝麻等其他作物，由政府分担耕种和收获芝麻所需要的机器更换成本。滴管技术等科技的采用让当前的用水方式显得原始而陈旧。