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It's interesting to hear this when places like the Pacific Northwest seem to be getting more rain fall. With a warmer climate, the atmosphere holds more moistur
by xrd 3y ago
It's interesting to hear this when places like the Pacific Northwest seem to be getting more rain fall. With a warmer climate, the atmosphere holds more moisture and results in more rain. It's been speculated before, but when will there be a war over water rights between states? Probably a good kernel for a sci-fi story there if not already written.
- aChattuio 3y agoMore rain for Germany too but more in shorter periods of time which makes it dangerous and more water runs of without filling ground water
- toyg 3y agoThat's the story pretty much all over Europe: Italy, France, Britain... They all have problems with seasonal floods that are very recent. It's not that they were dry countries before, and overall annual rainfall is often lower than it was in the past, but it creates more problems because it's much more concentrated on shorter and shorter timespans.
- imperialdrive 3y agoThe Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi. Exactly that story and wonderfully done. Essentially a horror story for someone living in California etc.
- fmajid 3y agoArizona is pretty much there already.
- fmajid 3y agohttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/16/us/arizona-water-rio-verde-scottsdale.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/16/us/arizona-water-rio-verd...
- whoiskevin 3y ago"California etc." should be California, Arizona, Nevada the story spans much of the west not just California
- RetroTechie 3y agoAnyone know of some estimates of the (energy) cost of desalinating seawater, vs. shipping in freshwater from where it is plentiful? (as a function of distance). Doesn't seem too far fetched that in near future, eg. oil tanker ships could be re-purposed for that job.