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I really can't believe that an issue discovered in 1925 still isn't solved. A kind of issue which wont take a Nobel prize to be solved. This is sad.
by ani_k47 5mo ago
I really can't believe that an issue discovered in 1925 still isn't solved. A kind of issue which wont take a Nobel prize to be solved. This is sad.
- chrisco255 5mo agoWhat solution? The earth is constantly moving and churning. The article states the city is built on an aquifer.
- trillic 5mo agoMexico City was built on top of a lake that was dried to facilitate the expansion of the city.
- 1270018080 5mo ago> What solution The nobel prize winner hopefully figures that out
- BurningFrog 5mo agoMany, many problems have good practical solutions that are politically impossible to implement.
- energy123 5mo agoAll due to some kind of game-theoretic "dilemma", like a coordination problem, collective action problem, prisoner's dilemma, principal-agent problem, tragedy of the commons.
- pen1slicker 5mo ago[dead]
- bobthepanda 5mo agoMexico City’s water stress is complicated by the fact that it sits 2240 meters above sea level on a giant plateau surrounded by mountains, so the normal solution of pumping water from somewhere else is a lot more expensive.