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Desalination requires energy and creates waste. Perhaps we should live within our means instead.
by macintux 4y ago
Desalination requires energy and creates waste. Perhaps we should live within our means instead.
- Yoofie 4y ago> Desalination requires energy and creates waste. This is true for basically every human endeavor.
- coryrc 4y agoDams literally generate energy and provide water consistently.
- obmelvin 4y agoDo dams provide water? Don't they use the water provided by a body of water?
- dredmorbius 4y agoBy controlling and regulating water flow, dams make available more water than would be available from an unregulated water flow. As noted by others, this isn't entirely cost-free, and there are ecological impacts. Still, on net, many dams do provide real benefits.
- selectodude 4y agoAnd lay waste to entire river ecosystems.
- jshen 4y agoYou are advocating for famine and war.
- adrianN 4y agoOr they're advocating for eating less water intensive things. If you for example grow wheat instead of grapes or almonds your likely reduce global famine a little bit.
- macintux 4y agoOr growing water-intensive crops in water-plentiful regions of the world.
- jshen 4y agoAka deforestation.
- jshen 4y agoThat’s meat, it’s the most water intensive. How much do you want to get that she/he eats meat everyday? What about you?
- adrianN 4y agoI eat meat whenever my local supermarket has a piece of organic meat on sale because it would otherwise get thrown away. That's once or twice a week. Less meat consumption in general would probably be good not only for the environment but also for public health.
- jshen 4y agoAwesome. I’ve been a vegetarian for 25+ years, my 6+ year old car has less than 35k miles, I’ll bet my carbon footprint is lower than nearly every American commenting on this thread. Having said that, merely hoping that people will make significant changes in their lifestyle for indirect and abstract benefits is simply burying one’s head in the sand with a rationalization that makes them feel good. The population is growing, and we will either innovate our way out of this, or it’s famine/war/etc. Edit: go into /r/environment on Reddit and suggest people eat a lot less meat and see how quickly it’s downvoted into oblivion. And those are the people who actively care!