@[email protected]M to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and [email protected]English • 1 year agoAmerica Is Using Up Its Groundwater Like There’s No Tomorrowwww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up1190arrow-down15
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minus-squareEdmond Dantesklinkfedilink1•edit-21 year ago… or maybe switch to a less water intensive form of agriculture ? Edit : I mean, how sustaining a wasteful practice with a huge wasteful infrastructure is progress ?
minus-squareEdmond Dantesklinkfedilink1•1 year agoMaybe we should, but I’m not sure we can - because one (nuclear + desalination) acts as a disincentive to the other (actually chaning practice). Also, building a nuclear reactor takes a lot of time (do we have it ?), changing agricultural practices can start right now and scale progressively.
… or maybe switch to a less water intensive form of agriculture ?
Edit : I mean, how sustaining a wasteful practice with a huge wasteful infrastructure is progress ?
We can and should do both.
Maybe we should, but I’m not sure we can - because one (nuclear + desalination) acts as a disincentive to the other (actually chaning practice).
Also, building a nuclear reactor takes a lot of time (do we have it ?), changing agricultural practices can start right now and scale progressively.