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I think this is derivative of humans inability to comprehend large numbers. Do I have enough water for me and my family? Yes, I'm not thirsty and my crops look
by vidanay 5y ago
I think this is derivative of humans inability to comprehend large numbers.
Do I have enough water for me and my family? Yes, I'm not thirsty and my crops look fine.
Do we have enough water for 10 billion people for the next 150 years? We have no clue.
- slownews45 5y agoWhat's funny though is that folks are paying $5 for a tiny water bottle in an airport. They are rationing URBAN water use (where water is relatively insanely expensive already). Even in CA where we have droughts - the amount of water used in ag / industrial is measured in ACRE FEET. And the cost is in pennies to dollars per ACRE FOOT. The scale is just totally different than your bottle of water or glass of water. You go to a restaurant "due to water shortage we aren't serving water"?? We've had insane population growth here. Last damns were in like 71 and maybe 79? So it's been 40+ years with no new reservoirs? https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/20140829_083001_SJM-DAMS-0825-90.jpg https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/20140... You'd better be working on desalination or maybe a small tax on water for all users (could be TINY) or something because otherwise yeah, you are going to have serious water problems. We've doubled population since 71. You can't do that without doing something around reservoirs, water use in ag / industrial or supply improvements.