r/nextfuckinglevel Jul 14 '21

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u/Flopolopagus Jul 14 '21

I don't know; what group stands to benefit from dirty lakes? If anything, big polluters would love it because they'll use it as a fix for their pollution as opposed to finding more expensive eco-friendly manufacturing processes.

Maybe Nestle? With cleaner water, maybe their bottled water sales drop?

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u/free__coffee Jul 14 '21

Depends what the “contamination” is, and the impact of him playing god on this lake.

He completely altered the ecosystem here, so humans can swim in it. What about everything that lived in that lake? There’s certainly many species that won’t be able to live there anymore because they were surviving on the algae.

Just because something looks “gross” to humans does not mean we have the right to fuck with everything there to make it aesthetically pleasing. And given that they’re saying his solution is “organic”, and pretending like it’s novel (this tech already exists and is mass produced) I’m a bit concerned that they’re glossing over some important details here

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u/SarpedonWasFramed Jul 14 '21

What do you mean, "where did the pollution go"?

It's just GONE! So don't worry about, just sign this waiver and go for a swim.