Satellites reveal widespread decline in global lake water storage

Re:Satellites reveal widespread decline in global lake water... by XorNot on Friday May 19, 2023 @10:40AM (#36002533)

Kind of leaving out the main point there. People don't use a lot of water. Industry and Farming do. We depend on both of those for...pretty much our entire society.

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Re:Satellites reveal widespread decline in global lake water... by HPsquared on Friday May 19, 2023 @11:02AM (#36002795)

Water-intensive industrial processes can move to where the water is. Farming is more of a challenge but some crops need more water than others; there's a lot of scope for substitution.

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Re:Satellites reveal widespread decline in global lake water... by mrguyorama on Friday May 19, 2023 @02:28PM (#36005249)

Yeah maybe someday we can stop growing all our produce in the damn desert just because the weather was slightly more profitable.

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Re:Satellites reveal widespread decline in global lake water... by XorNot on Friday May 19, 2023 @10:35PM (#36008898)

Because all of that's going to be cheap right? In a nation which loses its mind even gas prices go up 20c?

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Re:Satellites reveal widespread decline in global lake water... by bombcar on Friday May 19, 2023 @11:37AM (#36003184)

People use water directly and indirectly. And water is "used" and "used" - it's not as simple as measuring a pipe, you need to know where it goes.

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