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Re:Mexico City may be just months away from running out of w... by xrd on Sunday February 25, 2024 @08:19AM (#39500573)
It's interesting to hear this when places like the Pacific Northwest seem to be getting more rain fall. With a warmer climate, the atmosphere holds more moisture and results in more rain. It's been speculated before, but when will there be a war over water rights between states? Probably a good kernel for a sci-fi story there if not already written.
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Re:Mexico City may be just months away from running out of w... by RetroTechie on Sunday February 25, 2024 @09:55AM (#39501253)
Anyone know of some estimates of the (energy) cost of desalinating seawater, vs. shipping in freshwater from where it is plentiful? (as a function of distance).

Doesn't seem too far fetched that in near future, eg. oil tanker ships could be re-purposed for that job.

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Re:Mexico City may be just months away from running out of w... by imperialdrive on Sunday February 25, 2024 @08:36AM (#39500740)
The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi. Exactly that story and wonderfully done. Essentially a horror story for someone living in California etc.
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Re:Mexico City may be just months away from running out of w... by whoiskevin on Sunday February 25, 2024 @09:13AM (#39500979)
"California etc." should be California, Arizona, Nevada the story spans much of the west not just California
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Re:Mexico City may be just months away from running out of w... by fmajid on Sunday February 25, 2024 @09:09AM (#39500949)
Arizona is pretty much there already.
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Re:Mexico City may be just months away from running out of w... by fmajid on Sunday February 25, 2024 @02:15PM (#39503786)
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/16/us/arizona-water-rio-verd...
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Re:Mexico City may be just months away from running out of w... by aChattuio on Sunday February 25, 2024 @08:21AM (#39500600)
More rain for Germany too but more in shorter periods of time which makes it dangerous and more water runs of without filling ground water
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Re:Mexico City may be just months away from running out of w... by toyg on Sunday February 25, 2024 @09:04AM (#39500906)
That's the story pretty much all over Europe: Italy, France, Britain... They all have problems with seasonal floods that are very recent. It's not that they were dry countries before, and overall annual rainfall is often lower than it was in the past, but it creates more problems because it's much more concentrated on shorter and shorter timespans.
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