yeah not a good idea. Desalination uses vast amounts of energy, and transport of water uses a significant percentage of a state's energy. So it would increase global warming.
Great article. As Diego Carvallo pointed out, even water conservation measures, like drip irrigation, can backfire, drying out soils, depriving the water cycle and making things worse.
Loved the idea that the Bangladeshi farmers cutting hole sin the levees. Great essay.
Yeah that was great they figured out their own solution
The insanity continues in Arizona as the state contemplates another massive infrastructure project to bring in more water from the Gulf of Mexico.
yeah not a good idea. Desalination uses vast amounts of energy, and transport of water uses a significant percentage of a state's energy. So it would increase global warming.
Unless the desal was powered by clean and cheap solar and we could green the deserts for free?
Can you link a webpage/youtube/blog describing this project?
I love the concept of maladaptation. It is brilliant! I am surprised your article hasn't been restacked to Notes and am doing so now.
The term maladaptation was come up with by the researchers Scheraga and Grambsch in 1998 in this paper https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/cr/v11/n1/p85-95 . Heres an article on maladaptation https://weadapt.org/knowledge-base/vulnerability/maladaptation-an-introduction/ Thanks for restacking on notes.
Danke for the links.
Great article. As Diego Carvallo pointed out, even water conservation measures, like drip irrigation, can backfire, drying out soils, depriving the water cycle and making things worse.
thanks... yes everything has multiple consequences, and chains of effects