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In Phoenix, 4.5 million residents are living in hell: this is life at 113°F degrees (45 °C) for more than 20 days (english.elpais.com)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You realize California is on the ocean, right? Desalination is a solvable engineering problem, and one that becomes more viable the worse things get. Especially if they're no longer b holden to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Desalination can provide drinking water, but you aren't going to irrigate crops with desalination.