@silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish • 2 years agoAmerica Is Using Up Its Groundwater Like There’s No Tomorrowwww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up1199arrow-down15
arrow-up1194arrow-down1external-linkAmerica Is Using Up Its Groundwater Like There’s No Tomorrowwww.nytimes.com@silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square68fedilink
minus-squareEdmond Dantesklinkfedilink1•edit-22 years 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•2 years 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.