Water has been described as a finite resource. I’m talking about all water – not fresh drinkin water.
I understand that there are various things that water goes through to be recirculated through the environment, such as being absorbed by the sun and there is a cycle. But how can this lead to water being a finite resource? Are there other ‘destructive’ processes involving water that means it will be lost forever?
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Water is a recyclable resource. It cycles through the environment. You are drinking the same water the dinosaurs drank.
When people talk about water conservation the concern is usually managing droughts in a given area, or having enough clean drinking water. While Earth has plenty of water most of it is in the oceans and desalination is expensive and often done in a way that pollutes the ocean.
We can even react hydrogen and oxygen to make water but on large scales this is impractical because the process makes an explosion.
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