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Re:Ask HN: What's a promising area to work on? by al_chemist on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @01:57PM (#21337106)
Global warming will melt ice caps and flood the world. Or global warming will evaporate water and dry the world.

One thing is sure. Global warming, water and world war three. /s

Re:Ask HN: What's a promising area to work on? by johnmorrison on Thursday October 24, 2019 @08:29AM (#21343957)
> flood the world

No, there isn't nearly that much water.

> will evaporate water and dry the world

How would this work? Either the water is on the ground or it is in the air, neither case is a dry world. Where would all the water go to "dry the world"?