The US is in for a rude awakening when the Ogallala aquifer runs dry. Nobody ever talks about it, but it’s one of the major sources of water for central US agriculture and it’s being depleted rapidly. Have fun trying to replace that with desal.
It’s going to wreak havoc the cattle industry.
Came here to say this. Don’t have kids folks.
Yeah, but they’ve been sucking that thing dry for centuries, surely after centuries of careless use, rampant wastefulness, pollution and countless other things, you aren’t suggesting that water sources can deplete!
If I cover a cup with my hand and keep drinking, I won’t know when it’s out of water, therefore it will never run out! Its brilliant.
Also if I can’t see you, you can’t see me.
Flawless logic…
I’ve literally heard people say groundwater can’t rub out because it still rains…
I’ve literally heard people say groundwater can’t rub out because it still rains…
Lol those people should take a geology class. Useful idiots, all of them.
I’ve literally heard people say groundwater can’t rub out because it still rains…
Depends on what you’re drawing from. If you’re talking about somewhere like Denmark with tons of groundwater because of porous valleys, that’s pretty much true (though you can certainly use so much of it that the rain won’t replenish it, similar to surface water). Fossil aquifers like ogallala, not so much.
Farming, not drinking for those that don’t read the article.
Exactly what nestle wants
Is almost like concentrating so much of our population and our agriculture in the desert is a bad idea. Yeah the weather sucks in my part of the country and the only thing that grows here is corn and soybeans but we have an excess of water.
Other things grow, but corn and soybeans are heavily subsidised (not to mention genetically modified).
Anything you buy at the grocery store is generically modified
Yeah, because I’m a tightarse and only buy the home brand stuff :)
As someone who has gardened in the western US and gardened in the east, there is a difference between growing and growing well. Lots of things around here are grown in greenhouses to help mitigate environmental challenges.
more good news /s
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