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Well, what are the alternatives? In reality, we will need a plurality of solutions, coming from tech and policy. Also, this is a website that has a glut of tec
by not-my-account 4y ago
Well, what are the alternatives?
In reality, we will need a plurality of solutions, coming from tech and policy. Also, this is a website that has a glut of techies, so expect tech-based solutions to be suggested!
- wildmanx 4y ago> Well, what are the alternatives? The same as with any resource that you are overusing: Use less. You don't need golf courses in the middle of the desert. You don't need broken water access rights regulation that encourages wasting water. You can reduce water use in agriculture to a tiny fraction if you'd start viewing water as a precious resource and do this smarter. There is a lot you can do that's different from "let's keep wasting this resource, we can throw tech at it, ignore the consequences!"
- creato 4y agoDesalination isn’t going to help agriculture anyways. I think it’s worth a few billion dollars to avoid an explosive potentially destabilizing political wedge issue.