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Move to coastal California. There's enough sun & ocean water to fall back to desalination if need be. I suspect Arizona will be screwed as they've had a housin
by bushbaba 4y ago
Move to coastal California. There's enough sun & ocean water to fall back to desalination if need be.
I suspect Arizona will be screwed as they've had a housing surge without similar investment in securing new water sources.
- mdavidn 4y agoRe: California, not if nimbyism prevails. The brine discharged from a desalination plant is an environmental concern. https://calcoasttimes.com/2022/05/14/california-coastal-commission-rejects-desalination-plant-proposal/ https://calcoasttimes.com/2022/05/14/california-coastal-comm...
- Denvercoder9 4y agoAside from nimbyism, replacing natural fresh water source with energy-intense desalination isn't a solution, especially not in the short term. We're already using way too much energy, and at the current rate of decarbonization it'll be decades to a century until climate change will be getting better. Solving the problems brought about by climate change with using more energy will just set us up for a dead spiral.
- philwelch 4y agoThe problem isn’t that we’re using too much energy. It’s that we aren’t producing enough carbon neutral energy.
- bpodgursky 4y agoResidential use is a tiny % of total use. There is a lot of unnecessary water use in agriculture, lawns, etc that would give before any individual resident is meaningfully affected.
- bcrosby95 4y agoIn our water district, we're already at 8 minutes per week of irrigation. With threats of going to 0 minutes per week. Normally we're allowed 45 minutes - 15 minutes, 3x a week. > that would give before any individual resident is meaningfully affected. I think we're a lot closer to this than you seem to think.
- jacquesm 4y agoCalifornia has seen droughts before and is currently more at risk than ever before: https://drought.ca.gov/ https://drought.ca.gov/