[MobiusHorizons]

I feel like it’s disingenuous to talk about drought in one place and water consumption in another. Water is one of those interesting resources that’s valuable but only in huge amounts that make it largely not transported except for pipelines in very specific circumstances. So it’s not like water use near a plentiful source of water necessarily has any impact on water availability in a drought area (although it could for instance if the drought is happening downstream).

There is plenty of bad stuff in the world it seems silly to invent new things to be upset about unless they are actually happening.

[magicalhippo]

> I feel like it’s disingenuous to talk about drought in one place and water consumption in another.

I recall my dad had a Tanzanian visit via work. My dad took him out for dinner, and as soon as they got a table the waiter came with glasses and a jug of water, as is customary here.

The guy got really upset, neither of them had asked for water and as such he thought it might go to waste.

My dad had to explain that in Norway water is not a scarce resource, at least not to the point of having to save a jug of drinking water.

[minimaxir]

> There is plenty of bad stuff in the world it seems silly to invent new things to be upset about unless they are actually happening.

Unfortunately, ragebaiting about this specific issue is very lucrative.