• Donk@slrpnk.net
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    27 days ago

    Where are they implying it went? Did it evaporate out into space? Was it absorbed into the earth’s crust? Or is it just becoming unpotable - and if that, how does the change in earth’s wobble that they use to make this claim imply that water has lost it’s freshness?

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      24 days ago

      There are over 8 billion people on earth. People drink, wash, and shit in multiple litres of water daily. Crops require water. Livestock requires water. We slaughter several edit: Trillion (with a T) billion livestock globally each year, there is A LOT of livestock. Industry requires water. Industry is trusted not to hoard, pollute or waste water. Water processing and sewage reclamation requires well funded public infrastructure. The hotter our atmosphere is, the more water vapour it will hold.

      Just some ideas to get you started.