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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
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- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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I don't think it will happen within 30 years, but for sure, with climate change a lot of places where it was possible to get water will no longer be able to get access to it easily.
30 years? No, it's happening now. But it's not an off switch that is triggered and it's the end. It's more of a wiggly line that goes just above sufficiency, then just below on an ever worsening overall decline as ever increasing and extreme measures are taken to adapt. The emergency is only prolonged and the inevitable is people will have to move as there are limits to trucking in water from a cost and availability perspective.
https://climatecosmos.com/us-weather-updates/americas-quiet-crisis-10-cities-running-out-of-drinking-water-2/
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2021-10-30/california-water-crisis-state-intervenes-to-help-town
https://medium.com/@motherjones/here-s-what-i-saw-in-a-california-town-without-running-water-85a489f7da6d
I mean people are running out of water now, but I don't think there are many ghost towns, yet.