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That's a small portion of the consumption. According to the article, the vast majority of the water is for electricity generation, and the vast majority of th
by bryanlarsen 2mo ago
That's a small portion of the consumption. According to the article, the vast majority of the water is for electricity generation, and the vast majority of that water is from hydroelectric power generation. Hydroelectric generation does not evaporate the water, it releases it downstream in a clean, usable form.
- zug_zug 2mo agoThe title seems to be accidentally confusing, the 17 billion is ALL evaporative. If we want the other 80% (which I don't personally think we care about) 211 billion more.