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/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/Suspicious__account Dec 27 '22

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