With 1% of renewal every year, in a dynamic equilibrium, the average water will be 100 years old. Some parts might be older some parts might be younger. But on average it will be 100 years old.
That's about as renewable of a resource as trees - which means it is renewable. As with many renewable resources however, they can be destroyed by overutilizafion.
6 Comments
raman_klogius@ani.social · 7 pts · 2d
So it's all basically fossil water from the last ice age?
KurtVonnegut@mander.xyz · 7 pts · 2d
With 1% of renewal every year, in a dynamic equilibrium, the average water will be 100 years old. Some parts might be older some parts might be younger. But on average it will be 100 years old.
Ice@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 2d
That's about as renewable of a resource as trees - which means it is renewable. As with many renewable resources however, they can be destroyed by overutilizafion.
barnacul@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2d
Coal is a renewable resource
RadiallyAxiomatic@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 1d
Oh shit, it's an immortal! What did dinosaurs really look like?
Smaile@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1d
Through carbon capture, maybe