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Thirsty in paradise: Water crises are a growing problem across the Caribbean islands (poliversity.it)

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Thirsty in paradise: Water crises are a growing problem across the Caribbean islands

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

This has a lot more to do with consumption than with production. Most of these islands are small, and it's unrealistic for them to have large populations or a heavy tourist industry without desalination plants. Energy needs to become cheap, and honestly, wind farms and solar can help with this.