Yuritopiaposadism [none/use name]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months agoUN declares Earth has entered a period of 'water bankruptcy' that is likely impossible to reversewww.earth.comexternal-linkmessage-square69linkfedilinkarrow-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 · 2 months agomessage-square69linkfedilink
minus-squareEuergetes [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·2 months 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-up13·2 months 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-up8·2 months 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?