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Re:Message from Mexico: U.S. Is Polluting Water It May Somed... by DerpDerpDerp on Thursday January 30, 2014 @04:47PM (#7153548)
I mean, on those time scales we could (more expensively) desalinate water using fusion power.
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Re:Message from Mexico: U.S. Is Polluting Water It May Somed... by grecy on Thursday January 30, 2014 @05:48PM (#7153896)
Just because we might have the ability to repair some of the damage we've done to the planet in the future, that doesn't mean we shouldn't be trying to reduce that damage now.
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Re:Message from Mexico: U.S. Is Polluting Water It May Somed... by angersock on Thursday January 30, 2014 @05:25PM (#7153766)
Or even more cheaply, reduce the number of people!
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Re:Message from Mexico: U.S. Is Polluting Water It May Somed... by Dylan16807 on Thursday January 30, 2014 @06:35PM (#7154150)
Desalination for personal use is cheap. Cheaper than killing, even.
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Re:Message from Mexico: U.S. Is Polluting Water It May Somed... by Crake on Thursday January 30, 2014 @09:59PM (#7154966)
Cheaper than birth control?
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Re:Message from Mexico: U.S. Is Polluting Water It May Somed... by lostlogin on Friday January 31, 2014 @12:17AM (#7155400)
That come for free with water contamination. http://m.livescience.com/20532-birth-control-water-pollution...
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