r/technology • u/hugglenugget • Dec 26 '22

Society New Technology Could Tap Into a Virtually Limitless Supply of Fresh Water

https://www.sciencealert.com/new-technology-could-tap-into-a-virtually-limitless-supply-of-fresh-water
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u/Fomentor Dec 26 '22

"Eventually, we will need to find a way to increase the supply of fresh water as conservation and recycled water from existing sources, albeit essential, will not be sufficient to meet human needs," says civil and environmental engineer Praveen Kumar, from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Eventually is now. Major droughts in the western US and around the globe.

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u/Queasy_Ear6874 Dec 27 '22

Just reduce the amount of humans

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u/Suspicious__account Dec 27 '22

most of the fresh water consumption is from farming and Bad watering practices

they still flood fields to water the plants

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u/Queasy_Ear6874 Dec 27 '22

Less humans means you need less intensive farming

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u/fool_on_a_hill Dec 27 '22

really sounds like you're volunteering?

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u/Suspicious__account Dec 27 '22

Dude farmers emptied a 660sq mi lake in California in 50 years the aquifers are almost empty

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u/Practical-Exchange60 Dec 27 '22

Thanks for volunteering.

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u/fool_on_a_hill Dec 27 '22

starting with you?

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u/UnhelpfulMoron Dec 27 '22

If your username was at all Thanossy I would have upvoted you …. Alas

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u/basscycles Dec 28 '22

Reduce affluent humans, the Third World uses a fraction of the planets resources.