I saw an ad for being vegan saying either don’t flush your toilet for 6 months, don’t shower for 3 months or don’t eat a burger once. But isn’t all of our water basically renewable and no matter if we do any of these things, it just goes back into the water cycle and we’ll reuse it eventually, even if we have to clean it somehow? What’s the big deal?
In: Earth Science
yes, water doesn’t go anywhere. but it still makes sense to conserve it.
it costs money and energy to treat water and bring it to people. in some places, where there isn’t a lot of rain or fresh water sources, it costs a great deal of money and energy, and they therefore have to deal with water shortages.
and only a tiny fraction of water on earth is easily processed into drinking water. ocean water is expensive to desalinate.
water isn’t really the limiting factor. money is.
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