• BrooklynMan@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    sigh… a drought can’t be a pandemic because it’s not a disease. ffs, is there nobody literate in journalism anymore?

    if drought is on the verge of becoming widespread and devastating, just say that.

  • shanghaibebop@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    I don’t think this is actually as bad as people say.

    It’s not that we won’t have drinking water. Municipal water use is tiny! And provided with enough incentives (higher costs) people will use less water. And this can be done in very reasonable ways by issuing water tiered rates.

    Agricultural water use, is a whole different topic. However, until we can incentives better water management on our massive agricultural lands, it’s only going to get worse.