• money_loo@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Sure, I never said anything about that, only commenting against the hyperbole that there will be “no tomorrow” when places run out.

    There will still be tomorrows, people will just move elsewhere like they’ve done for thousands of years.

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      1 year ago

      Problem is, there will be less and less elsewheres where people can still live within a hundred years or so.

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      1 year ago

      Thousands of years ago didn’t have desalination nor electricity… there’s a reason why they moved to fresh water inland.and before you jump there: desalination requires a fuck load of electricity that impacts with other issues.

      Read a book.