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http://what-if.xkcd.com/33/ http://what-if.xkcd.com/33/ shows just how much the sea level would drop if all ships disappeared. That's probably more volume than
by mnw21cam 13y ago
http://what-if.xkcd.com/33/ http://what-if.xkcd.com/33/ shows just how much the sea level would drop if all ships disappeared. That's probably more volume than you're likely to drink from an aquifer. There's a reason for the saying "a drop in the ocean".
Besides, once we had used that water, it would run back into the sea.
- eru 13y agoWe wouldn't use the aquifers' water for drinking. (Or at least, drinking doesn't make a dent.) Agriculture and industry are the big users.
- kamjam 13y agoSometime in the last few years, we reached a point where there are, by weight, more ships in the ocean than fish Nice link. This made me sad :'(