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The Colorado River is shrinking. What happens next?
(www.theguardian.com)
We stop eating meat. Then the river gets bigger
Data centers run out of water. Oh yeah, people too. I guess.
I just can't help but think, what if people start pouring packets of gelatin in the water intake area?
Sounds like fun
What about a couple of general purpose 25kg cement bags?
It would be absolutely hilarious to use a container or eight of this right at the water inlet of AWS us-east-1 🤠
Build on the floodplain!
Unfortunately this is not a joke.
The Southwest becomes a pipe dream... Although, sriously, you built a house in a fucking desert. What was your expectation?
Fewer Americans?
they'll all move, to Canada?
I notice how none of the solutions proposed include MOVING people to where there's more water, too expensive you say and yet...
We are going to be able to weather the storm but it’s going to be very expensive,” said Roerink.
Or move them to one of the swamp states who have too much water? Might help dry it a little if they drink some of it.
Canada is in America
A person cannot just decide to move to another country and the next day they’re renting a home and working a job.
So no, they aren’t going to move.
In some places like the EU, they can. Don't let an imaginary line on a map limit your imagination of what is and is not possible 🤷
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