What is even funnier is that people act as the water is a non-renewable resource. As if when a bottle of water is used, it is gone forever. Like everyone skipped the water cycle lessons in grade school.
To be fair, while water is indeed a renewable resource in an absolute global sense, there can be ENORMOUS fights locally over it. I suspect in particular that this is part of the cultural memory of California-based writers.
What is even funnier is that people act as the water is a non-renewable resource. As if when a bottle of water is used, it is gone forever. Like everyone skipped the water cycle lessons in grade school.
To be fair, while water is indeed a renewable resource in an absolute global sense, there can be ENORMOUS fights locally over it. I suspect in particular that this is part of the cultural memory of California-based writers.
See e.g. https://www.history.com/articles/water-wars-los-angeles-aquaduct
I'm continually impressed by how far you're willing to run to not just disprove, but fully model the mistakes of your adversaries.
If only the world would reward that effort with some public understanding...