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In germany we have a drought right now. I never assumed that we in germany get water issues.

Now farmers said things like 'i have never seen so little water at this time of year in the 30 years im a farmer'.

I don't have the feeling we are recognizing the elephant in the room.

My personal take on this is to buy a farm, buy water reserve tanks, have a little garden and trying to become independend. Which is not a bad plan in general as it helps to cut costs down anyway if you do it smart enough. Its not that i get money when i put it in the bank and corona showed how volatile shares can be.

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what part has a drought? because here in the north, it has been raining for two weeks. I'm up for a weather exchange...

I think there is a difference between "it's raining" and it's raining enough. The last two summers lowered the ground water levels and that takes a lot to refill. Here in the mid east it's all "rainy weather" too, but two days of clear skies let's the vegetation's leaves droopy. Humidity is super high all the time, I think most of the water just evaporates and does not reach deeper grounds.

Seeing trees sick and dying put climate change on my immediate threat plate 2 years ago. Too late but oh well, I am trying to change the people around me vigorously :)

30 years is not a good enough sample. In fact it's pretty bad.

I do combine this with other data i read of course.

We do have more data available than just what one farmer experiences.

Nonetheless, what is a good response to it?

I don't have the feeling that just ignoring it or not doing anything is a good approach.

It makes me incredibly nervous about what happens when water and food gets scarce and you have cities full of people with no ability to acquire these basic needs from the land. You can desal water on coastal communities with cheap renewables, but you can’t grow food in concrete.

Can you point out a power analysis that quantifies this?

The farmers are supported by climate scientists and meteorologists. I don't get your sentiment.

What's the point of "the issue is more nuanced!!1!" all the time? We collectively need to act now. Everyone of us. You are draining momentum to what end?

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