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Desalination is a blessing but it also increases the dependence of the population on technical infra for daily survival. If something were to happen to the desa
by dsq 2y ago
Desalination is a blessing but it also increases the dependence of the population on technical infra for daily survival. If something were to happen to the desalination plants, that's no water, immediately (in the UAE case, for example).
- MrBuddyCasino 2y agoThe same is true about electricity or gasoline. Once the pumps stop working and the trucks stop supplying the supermarkets, you have maybe two weeks.
- eulgro 2y agoWe could decrease our dependence our electricity and gasoline too. Who knows, it might even be beneficial for the environment.
- 10u152 2y agoIf the municipal pumps stop there will be 20 mins of water or so from the gravity header tank. No difference.
- throwawayffffas 2y agoThere's 70 plants, it's unlikely something would happen to all of them at the same time.
- jupp0r 2y agoExcept something like an EMP or other large scale breakdown of infrastructure.
- 082349872349872 2y agoReducing dependence on technical infra doesn't always work out either; the story of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lykov_family https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lykov_family suggests that for any long-term attempts at autarky, N should be >6. (how much greater?)
- whycome 2y agoThe pipes themselves are the vulnerable infrastructure. Calgary just had an emergency situation for a few weeks because of a broken pipe.
- 1jbdg 2y agoSimply not true for the UAE with numerous dams and they are also refilling aquifers to store water.