But it, too, has the potential to backfire. Colorado is in the midst of a growth spurt, and with fast growth comes growing pains. Colorado is the eighth-largest state. It has plenty of room to pack in people, but it doesn t have the resources to allow it to continue to grow unrestrained. Colorado is the state with the highest average elevation.
Thin air can t carry the amount of air pollution that the lower states have been able to tolerate.
It is also one of the driest states. Even a minor drought has brought major problems. There already isn t enough water. All the water that has ever been is already here. We can t haul in icebergs to water thirsty citizens and plants.