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minus-squareSheeEttin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36arrow-down3·1 year agoIt takes hundreds of years for groundwater to replenish. We are experiencing problems right now.
minus-squaremoney_loo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down27·1 year agoSure, I never said anything about that, only commenting against the hyperbole that there will be “no tomorrow” when places run out. There will still be tomorrows, people will just move elsewhere like they’ve done for thousands of years.
minus-squareCitizenKong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·1 year agoProblem is, there will be less and less elsewheres where people can still live within a hundred years or so.
minus-squaremoney_loo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoYes, I commented on that. They will go elsewhere, and they will have tomorrow. It’s weird y’all are downvoting this like it’s personal to you.
minus-squareLotrOrc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·1 year agoWhere you gonna move when people already live there and those areas are low too?
minus-squaremoney_loo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoFuckin thank you. These people are addicted to drama. Jfc. _
minus-squareSmoogs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·edit-21 year agoThousands of years ago didn’t have desalination nor electricity… there’s a reason why they moved to fresh water inland.and before you jump there: desalination requires a fuck load of electricity that impacts with other issues. Read a book.
minus-squaremoney_loo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoWhat does this have to do with tomorrow stopping permanently because places lose ground water, though?
It takes hundreds of years for groundwater to replenish. We are experiencing problems right now.
Sure, I never said anything about that, only commenting against the hyperbole that there will be “no tomorrow” when places run out.
There will still be tomorrows, people will just move elsewhere like they’ve done for thousands of years.
Problem is, there will be less and less elsewheres where people can still live within a hundred years or so.
Yes, I commented on that. They will go elsewhere, and they will have tomorrow. It’s weird y’all are downvoting this like it’s personal to you.
Where you gonna move when people already live there and those areas are low too?
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Fuckin thank you.
These people are addicted to drama. Jfc. _
Thousands of years ago didn’t have desalination nor electricity… there’s a reason why they moved to fresh water inland.and before you jump there: desalination requires a fuck load of electricity that impacts with other issues.
Read a book.
What does this have to do with tomorrow stopping permanently because places lose ground water, though?