Water shortages could derail UK’s net zero plans, study finds | Tensions grow after research in England finds there may not be enough water for planned carbon capture and hydrogen projects (www.theguardian.com)

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[-] silence7@slrpnk.net 5 points 6 hours ago

Yes, but they don't scale to anything like the amount of CO2 people are adding to the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels. In practice, this means having to phase out fossil fuels faster

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