Comment on Desalination system could produce freshwater that is cheaper than tap water

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• batmangrundies@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  We’re past the point where we can stop it wholesale.

  We already have aquifers barely holding on, we’ve lost major sources of fresh water already.

  I’m all for climate action, but we also need to starting developing technologies for living in the bed we’ve made.

  Folks keep talking about climate change like it’s some future event. You are living through it right now.

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  • orrk@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    you know how we can stop the massive drain on the aquifers? by not allowing everyone to tap it as much as they want, farmers will have to deal with 30% fewer yields on corn, Nestle 'n Co. will lose their money printer, but that’s all we would need to save the American aquifers, to STOP FARMING INT THE DESERT

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    • Edgelord_Of_Tomorrow@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      That 30% less yields means 30% more cost for the consumer, not Nestle.

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      • orrk@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        well i brought up nestle as in them just bottling free water, but a large amount of that added agriculture is used to produce corn that is inedible for human consumption and only used as animal feed, basis for fertilizer, or HFCS.

        and maybe we need to put a cap on the amount of profit a company like Nestle can extract.

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  • assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Yeah this is a very forward facing technology that may end up becoming a lifesaver.

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• DanglingFury@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  All farmers growing cotton in the middle of the fucking desert along the colorado river basin disagree with you

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  • SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Or how they destroyed the Aral sea for cotton

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• NOT_RICK@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Clean freshwater isn’t evenly distributed across the world and it’s not easy or cheap to transport. This kind of tech can help the people that will be most impacted by climate change to survive.

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• Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Can you believe some people actually drink that stuff straight from the tap? It’s like they don’t even care about the golf courses at all!

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  • applejacks@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    why would anyone drink plain old boring water when you can get Mt. Dew from any gas station?

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    • SnipingNinja@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Brawndo, it’s got what plants crave

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