• @Lesrid@lemm.ee
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      157 months ago

      I can’t remember where I first read it but I’ve agreed with it ever since: “My retirement plan is dying in the potable water riots.”

      • @intensely_human@lemm.ee
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        16 months ago

        The only time water will be a problem is when someone’s using weapons to force others away from sources of it. In terms of desalinating water and delivering it to thirsty people, that’s something the market is perfectly capable of attaining. It’s always profitable to meet unmet basic needs so any water holes will be filled automatically. And that’s in the worst case scenario, where people are just buying trucked in water. In most places there will be actual plumbing serving people.

    • @Donjuanme@lemmy.world
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      -117 months ago

      Where’s the water going to go? It’s in the water cycle, if anything is going to rain a lot more and a lot more violently, and in areas it shouldn’t be raining.

      If it’s contaminated we should be fine collecting and stiling rain water.

      “Water is a rare and precious resource” when not talking about habitats, is a silly hyper capitalist argument meant to stoke fear and panic purchases.