![]() ![]() ![]() In fact, we were already accomplishing it. ![]() There was a genuine conviction that we not only could but even should irrigate deserts into livable places. America was at the height of dam building, tapping new aquifers, and redirecting rivers. The greening of the Mojave Desert in Star Trek is precisely indicative of the wider American view towards deserts and water management at the time. It might seem odd to start a review of a history of American water management with an anecdote about a 60s scifi television show that isn't even mentioned in the book, but there's a good reason for it. In this world, the Mojave desert has become a lush paradise. In the episode, we're shown a vision of Pike's home- a glittering, towerlike city in an absurdly lush and beautiful forested valley, in which we're told Pike has a farm. The pilot for the original Star Trek featured a captain named Christopher Pike instead of the more familiar James T. ![]()
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