Re:Be careful how you pay the bills
by m463 on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @06:09PM
(#32173079)
I think of wall street, google and others hiring the brightest minds to assure their revenues...
Meanwhile, if a small fraction of those minds worked on a more efficient toilet, or desalinating water the ROI for society would be significantly higher.
But I guess market forces are at work. and they make it possible for people to be paid for growing food or building infrastructure in accordance with demand.
Re:Be careful how you pay the bills
by jdsully on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @10:08PM
(#32174962)
Toilets are pretty efficient already and we have the airplane kind that use even less water. For California it might make a difference to pipe salt water for toilet use but that wouldn’t make sense around the Great Lakes.
Meanwhile, if a small fraction of those minds worked on a more efficient toilet, or desalinating water the ROI for society would be significantly higher.
But I guess market forces are at work. and they make it possible for people to be paid for growing food or building infrastructure in accordance with demand.