Thread

1. tptacek · 1791145040 · focus · HN ↗

   So, basically, not a meaningful amount of water at all. Credit to the story authors for taking the time to frame what 13MM gallons actually works out to.

   1. motbus3 · 1791147110 · focus · HN ↗

      Please elucidate if I'm wrong, but, isn't the problem the distribution of the water and not the amount? If you install a building of people in a road that is not prepared for that, all people down the people are in risk of lack of water.

      I think at some point someone used the argument of the spoon of water to say about the quantity, but I remember to see explanations that it was unrelated.

      1. TeMPOraL · 1791148255 · focus · HN ↗

         > If you install a building of people in a road that is not prepared for that, all people down the people are in risk of lack of water.

         Part of why construction of such buildings (starting with pursuing and getting a permit for it) takes as long as it does is because those issues are worked out in advance.

         Nobody who is responsible for managing water is surprised by data centers appearing, it's not like they just grow overnight after a rain like people believe mushrooms do.

Unofficial Hacker News client; not affiliated with Y Combinator.