@ABCDE@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • 2 years agoWhy don't we pump seawater into deserts to revive them?message-square39fedilinkarrow-up187arrow-down121
arrow-up166arrow-down1message-squareWhy don't we pump seawater into deserts to revive them?@ABCDE@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • 2 years agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠linkfedilink11•2 years agoIn addition to what everyone else already said, it takes a tremendous amount of energy to pump water uphill.
minus-squaredefunct_punklinkfedilink3•2 years agoUpvoted solely because this is the sort of unhinged comment that I missed about the old internet
minus-squaremarsokodlinkfedilink1•2 years agoEven as a slave, the cost of a human work is magnitudes above the cost of using a pump with petrol. A slave may be able to output ~1kWh per day, that’s mostly a few 10s of cents anywhere. Can you feed anyone on that?
In addition to what everyone else already said, it takes a tremendous amount of energy to pump water uphill.
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Upvoted solely because this is the sort of unhinged comment that I missed about the old internet
Even as a slave, the cost of a human work is magnitudes above the cost of using a pump with petrol. A slave may be able to output ~1kWh per day, that’s mostly a few 10s of cents anywhere. Can you feed anyone on that?