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something-quirky- t1_j264xk1 wrote

I think you’re forgetting is that the atmospheric harvesting wouldn’t be evenly distributed across the globe. As your map points out, there would be spots that would be better then other. So you’d expect that the harvesting plants would be not be evenly distributed. So while you may only be extracting some fraction of a percent from the entire globe, you’d be extracting a much larger percentage in the context of the local area. It’s like saying “its okay if i drain this lake because it only takes up .00001% of global fresh water” meanwhile you’ve used up 10% of the LOCAL freshwater. You’re also mischaracterizing the problem. Sure, humans only need 8 cups of water to drink… but you also need to use the toilet, and take a shower, and wash your clothes, and wash your dishes, and cook etc. And you can’t just pump in dirty water for everything that isn’t for drinking. It’s just passing the buck is what it is, and I’d be willing to bet that the resulting weather patterns from this practice would be just as devastating as draining the rivers and streams.

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