My take on the study from MIT that predicts “societal collapse”

Re:My take on the study from MIT that predicts “societal col... by adolph on Friday July 16, 2021 @10:08AM (#27856356)

A combination of aqueducts, reservoirs, and tunnels supply fresh water to New York City. With three major water systems (Croton, Catskill, and Delaware) stretching up to 125 miles (201 km) away from the city, its water supply system is one of the most extensive municipal water systems in the world.

The water system has a storage capacity of 550 billion US gallons (2.1×109 m3) and provides over 1.2 billion US gallons (4,500,000 m3) per day of drinking water to more than eight million city residents, and another one million users in four upstate counties bordering on the system. Three separate sub-systems, each consisting of aqueducts and reservoirs, bring water from Upstate New York to New York City.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_water_supply_sys...

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Re:My take on the study from MIT that predicts “societal col... by nine_k on Friday July 16, 2021 @10:58AM (#27856919)

I know. Catskill and Croton are both on Hudson river. Imagine that the upstream has dried up, and the Delaware sources gone totally insufficient.

My idea is that a real need makes people reconsider their opinions which they held dear as long as they did not have a skin in the game.

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