Yuritopiaposadism [none/use name]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 days agoUN declares Earth has entered a period of 'water bankruptcy' that is likely impossible to reversewww.earth.comexternal-linkmessage-square70linkfedilinkarrow-up1167arrow-down11
arrow-up1166arrow-down1external-linkUN declares Earth has entered a period of 'water bankruptcy' that is likely impossible to reversewww.earth.comYuritopiaposadism [none/use name]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square70linkfedilink
minus-squareEuergetes [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·7 days agoi mean this is true but it’s still a management question, farmers have known for decades they were draining aquifers from heaps to grains faster than they could refill but doing anything else would effect profits
minus-squareBodyBySisyphus [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·7 days agoFor sure, but this has been exacerbated by policy choices like the water rights system and crop subsidies.
minus-squareBeanisBrain [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 days ago from heaps to grains I am never prepared
i mean this is true but it’s still a management question, farmers have known for decades they were draining aquifers from heaps to grains faster than they could refill but doing anything else would effect profits
For sure, but this has been exacerbated by policy choices like the water rights system and crop subsidies.
I am never prepared
Bottled water companies?