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Trapped water dilemma. Is this the reason it doesn't rain anymore.
Posted on 4/24/24 at 12:21 pm
Posted on 4/24/24 at 12:21 pm
Ask anyone that lives in Louisiana and they'll tell you it hasn't rained a normal amount in 3 years. I don't have the data handy but I'm pretty sure we are about 10 inches short each of the last several years.
I recently ran into the Trapped Water Dilemma and the effect it is having on the planet.
TCD Article
Could this be the reason we are having less rain? Are we removing water from the water cycle? Is it too late to turn things around?
I recently ran into the Trapped Water Dilemma and the effect it is having on the planet.
TCD Article
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"In the US alone, we waste 22 million gallons of water each year in landfills due to trapped water inside plastic water bottles," the organization wrote on the QWET website. "That is 22 million gallons of water that we will never get back into the Earth's water cycle."
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The organization went on to point out that fresh water makes up an extremely small fraction of all the water on Earth, and that there is no new water being created — the water that exists on our planet and in the atmosphere is all there is. That means that when we effectively take it out of circulation by trapping it indefinitely in plastic, that decreases the total water supply for all life.
Could this be the reason we are having less rain? Are we removing water from the water cycle? Is it too late to turn things around?
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Posted on 4/24/24 at 12:23 pm to OysterPoBoy
This is why we need the polar ice caps to melt.
Posted on 4/24/24 at 12:24 pm to OysterPoBoy
quote:Literally got 7 inches of rain in 5 hours like 2 weeks ago
Ask anyone that lives in Louisiana
Cant say im missing the rain all that much
This post was edited on 4/24/24 at 12:26 pm
Posted on 4/24/24 at 12:24 pm to tiggerthetooth
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This is why we need the polar ice caps to melt.
That's salt water.
Posted on 4/24/24 at 12:25 pm to OysterPoBoy
Posted on 4/24/24 at 12:25 pm to OysterPoBoy
Do you have any idea how little water 22 Million gallons per year is in the scheme of the entire United States?
The throughput of the snake river in Idaho flows more than 12,000,000,000 gallons a day. And I purposely chose a small river.
The throughput of the snake river in Idaho flows more than 12,000,000,000 gallons a day. And I purposely chose a small river.
Posted on 4/24/24 at 12:25 pm to OysterPoBoy
A 6 acre lake/pond with a depth of 10ft is about 22,000,000 gallons. I don’t see how that spread across the US would have a significant effect.
Posted on 4/24/24 at 12:25 pm to OysterPoBoy
Odd, I feel like it hasn’t really stopped raining here since Halloween. We had a stretch between November and February where I swear it rained 12 out of 14 weekends. We had a 4 or 5 week stretch where it was nice all week and rained from Friday at 4pm to Sunday at 7pm.
Posted on 4/24/24 at 12:26 pm to OysterPoBoy
This is just an example of humans being awful at dealing with scaling of numbers.
22 million sounds like a lot but it's actually nothing relative to the amount of water on earth.
22 million sounds like a lot but it's actually nothing relative to the amount of water on earth.
Posted on 4/24/24 at 12:26 pm to 9Fiddy
We are losing it every year and never getting it back. It's been going on for decades.
Posted on 4/24/24 at 12:28 pm to OysterPoBoy
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we are about 10 inches short each of the last several years.
Nope. Stop believing everything your democrat overlords tell you
Posted on 4/24/24 at 12:29 pm to SPT
So, what are the numbers
Posted on 4/24/24 at 12:29 pm to OysterPoBoy
A 1" downpour spread over an area of 1 square mile equates to about 17.38 million gallons of water.
22 million gallons is...a drop in the bucket.
22 million gallons is...a drop in the bucket.
Posted on 4/24/24 at 12:30 pm to OysterPoBoy
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Ask anyone that lives in Louisiana and they'll tell you it hasn't rained a normal amount in 3 years.
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I don't have the data handy but I'm pretty sure we are about 10 inches short each of the last several years.
Well, then......better make a thread with all the data you don't have.
This reminds me of AwgustaDawg's insistence that he suffered through a heatwave last Summer......in Augusta, GA.
This post was edited on 4/24/24 at 12:32 pm
Posted on 4/24/24 at 12:30 pm to OysterPoBoy
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This is why we need the polar ice caps to melt.
That's salt water.
So, salt water doesn't evaporate? Am I understanding your incorrect reasoning properly?
Posted on 4/24/24 at 12:32 pm to OysterPoBoy
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the reason it doesn't rain anymore
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trapped water inside plastic water bottles in the landfill
Posted on 4/24/24 at 12:32 pm to OysterPoBoy
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Is this the reason it doesn't rain anymore.
Posted on 4/24/24 at 12:33 pm to OysterPoBoy
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fresh water makes up an extremely small fraction of all the water on Earth
While true, did these people admit new fresh water is being made every minute due to the evaporation of salt water leaving behind the salt, entering the jet stream and falling as rain?
Posted on 4/24/24 at 12:33 pm to GumboPot
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GumboPot
Don't. Just......don't.
Posted on 4/24/24 at 12:34 pm to OysterPoBoy
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All the world's oceans are physically connected and together cover about 71% of the Earth's surface and collectively contain perhaps 352 quintillion gallons of water.
22 million per year vs 352 quintillion
22,000,000 vs 352,000,000,000,000,000,000 or 6.2x10-12 % of the earths ocean water supply.....
so no noticeable loss
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