@ABCDE@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • 10 months agoWhy don't we pump seawater into deserts to revive them?message-square56fedilinkarrow-up196arrow-down125
arrow-up171arrow-down1message-squareWhy don't we pump seawater into deserts to revive them?@ABCDE@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • 10 months agomessage-square56fedilink
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠linkfedilink13•10 months agoIn addition to what everyone else already said, it takes a tremendous amount of energy to pump water uphill.
minus-squareDark ArcAlinkEnglish12•10 months agoI wouldn’t quit your day job… the career in stand up doesn’t seem like it’s going places…
minus-squarePP_GIRL_linkfedilink5•10 months agoUpvoted solely because this is the sort of unhinged comment that I missed about the old internet
minus-squaremarsokodlinkfedilink1•10 months 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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I wouldn’t quit your day job… the career in stand up doesn’t seem like it’s going places…
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?