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How can Ganges River be purified? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by cheese_greater@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Edit: It would kinda be bittersweet for me but I think ultimately I would cry tears of joy which can then be cleansed by Ganges so its cool

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[–] PonyOfWar@pawb.social 39 points 2 weeks ago (10 children)

Just not polluting it further would do it. It's a river, so almost everything will get washed away and within a couple decades it will be pretty clean.

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

Where does all the previous filth and sediment collect?

[–] UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

That's the fun part! It's no longer your problem. It's outside the enviroment

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

But what does that MEAN?!

Its mass is conserved, where does it transition to?

[–] UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

It gets towed (by the river) beyond the environment

[–] onyxjet@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Nothing out there but sea, birds, and fish.

[–] redhorsejacket@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

And a hundred thousand tons of crude oil.

[–] UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

And a fire.

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

And my axe

[–] hinterlufer@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Most organic things will get converted to biomass/CO2/NH3/... in the end. Inorganics will probably be sediment at some point.

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