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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    I'm from the Netherlands. The most common sentiment here is "We expected the weather to get pleasant like in southern europe, how dare there be negative consequences."

    Also the Rhine is halfway to no water at all (assuming a summer baseline. It's 80% of the way there by the winter baseline), and thanks to irrigation getting to zero is much easier than you seem to think. Rivers lose water too as it they are tapped by industry and as water diffuses into the soil and from there into aquifers that are also being tapped.

    With glacier meltwater running out and droughts worsening, how sure are you it won't run dry at some point in the next 50 years?

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    [–] 7 points 2 months ago

    The planet is dying. The planet is experiencing collapse.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago

    Rivers can no longer be relied on to provide an inexpensive, reliable, relatively low-carbon alternative to road and air freight.

    Fuck NYT for failing to mention rail.

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