ABCDE@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhy don't we pump seawater into deserts to revive them?message-squaremessage-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 · 1 year agomessage-square56fedilink
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 year agoIn addition to what everyone else already said, it takes a tremendous amount of energy to pump water uphill.
minus-squareDark ArcAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·1 year agoI wouldn’t quit your day job… the career in stand up doesn’t seem like it’s going places…
minus-squaremommykink@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoUpvoted solely because this is the sort of unhinged comment that I missed about the old internet
minus-squaremarsokod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year 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?