This is the road to Mecca. Mecca California. A working town on the shores of the Salton Sea. Mecca grows oranges and grapes and dates.The Salton Sea is full of tilapia, a fresh water fish that has adapted itself to salt and seems to live compatibly with the agricultural chemicals that pour into this sink with no exit. Some kind of barnacle got into the Salton Sea relatively recently. Now the beaches are pink with the broken shells of these barnacles. seabirds abound. Are we misjudging the resourcefulness of nature in overcoming global changes in the environment? I guess the big question is can we eat contaminated tilapia and thrive? Some people appear to be doing that in Mecca.
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