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> just drink any water they can, waterborne disease is rampant Is boiling water not option or am I missing something? On a world scale having a potable tap wat
by huhtenberg 6y ago
> just drink any water they can, waterborne disease is rampant
Is boiling water not option or am I missing something? On a world scale having a potable tap water is more of an exception than a norm.
- imtringued 6y agoPurification tablets are also not that expensive compared to the effects of crippling diseases.
- donmcronald 6y agoCrippling disease is free if you don’t get any medical care.
- arcticbull 6y agoAh yes, the American way.
- coddle-hark 6y agoYou’re forgetting the opportunity cost.
- Dylan16807 6y agoYou have to have opportunities to have opportunity cost.
- MisterTea 6y agoThis assumes that people have adequate access to the energy required for boiling and have the necessary equipment to do so.
- DubiousPusher 6y agoNot at all an insignificant amount of energy btw.
- Scoundreller 6y agoNo boiling required. Enough plastic bottles and a sunny day works too. Even if heating with gas/electricity, aiming for boiling is hard to screw up, but an overshoot of what’a required. This is only good for bacteria/viruses.
- Frost1x 6y agoKeep in mind, there are also many illnesses and diseases that can be caused by inorganic content in water that no amount of boiling will make potable and can cause everything from poisoning to cancer long term (lead, etc). To be fair, waterborne illness is very often organic related: microbes, viruses, bacteria, etc.