I think the estimate I've seen that tries to compute this out has people showering once every 3 weeks and using the internet for ~1 hour a week. Is this the post-scarcity lifestyle you had in mind, am I confused, or have we tipped past the point of being able to do much better?

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Ah, we can't produce water, can we? Better we check consumption, especially corporate.

[–] Artisian@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

I'm not sure what you mean.

But yes, desalination and cleaning are very expensive still afaik. We pipe water quite far between states, which seems crazy to me.

[–] doben@lemmy.wtf 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Oh it has always been will. Let‘s not pretend like capitalism has the better logistics and therefore a better world wouldn‘t have been possible sooner. That’s only romanticizing capitalism.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm talking about methods of transport and storage. Food isn't likely to rot before it gets where it's going, like it was a couple hundred years ago.

[–] bufalo1973@piefed.social 1 points 3 weeks ago

You can eat Southafrican oranges in Europe. Food could go wherever it's needed but rich people doesn't want it.