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I’m not saying one way or the other, but “minuscule” varies on the scale and just because there’s a closed loop cycle doesn’t mean there’s not a local impact to removing water from the area.

Local being your neighbors downwind.

> But second, people drink the water and then breathe the moisture back into the air, or pee it and it winds up back in the water cycle.

Not for nothing, but in really arid locations (like las vegas for example) human consumed water is fairly well captured. The water cycle ends up looking like a series of plumbing turning piss into potable water.

If your condensers drain into the sewer system, and its so hot outside that people are obliged to stay indoors… yeah for the part of the year where water matters the most I could see what you’re saying being true.

I'm glad my peeing into the wind is helping the circle of life