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giantg2today at 1:35 PM4 repliesview on HN

It will only get worse for the next generation as the aquafers are continuing to be depleted.


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bell-cottoday at 2:13 PM

Yes - but at current rates, it won't take anything like an actual generation to get substantially worse.

mikey_ptoday at 2:44 PM

Is anyone actually irrigating wheat??

Edit: I'm being downvoted because someone found a source that says 3% of winter wheat in Montana is irrigated.

My point still stands, while yes some percentage of wheat is irrigated it is extremely uncommon.

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dakollitoday at 1:44 PM

we live in a closed greenhouse system, the water just doesn't just disappear and most of the Earth is covered in it. Plenty of countries completely rely on desalination already, I think we'll be fine. I'm much more concerned about everyone becoming a moron from using AI.

edit: cloud seeding too.

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