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[+] -39 points 15 hours ago (6 children)

Are you on Arrakis?! You're recycling your pee, aren't you? Tie your stillsuit boots in slip-fashion like Muad'dib.

This whole thread is blowing my mind. The Colorado River is drying up, using 26% of it's water for alfalfa, largely for export, and here we are,

"Doesn't everyone know to conserve that extra 1/2 gallon when brushing their teeth!?"

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  • [–] 51 points 15 hours ago

    It's not about conservation. It's just, why have the water running when you brush your teeth? I wet the toothbrush, brush my teeth, then rise the toothbrush. What do you need water for while you're brushing?

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  • [–] 6 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

    97% of its water for agriculture in general. In deserts. Home water usage, all homes, including watering a lawn, use less than a percent.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 hours ago (1 child)

    About 52% of the Colorado River’s water is used for irrigated agriculture, while 18% is consumed in urban areas. The rest supports natural vegetation (19%) and evaporates from reservoirs (11%). No water reaches the ocean.

    https://www.eesi.org/briefings/view/021925rivers

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  • [–] 9 points 15 hours ago*

    This whole thread is blowing my mind.

    Probably not hard to blow given you're apparently too fucking stupid to turn your wrist twice a day in a way a toddler can figure out and too fragile to not lash out about it when people are surprised.

    This isn't even a conservation thing; the sensible default is to turn off the water.

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