The standards needed for non-potable water is much less strenuous then potable water, and so are the chemical and energy requirements.

But I’m not very interested in arguing with you about a subject I have actual experience in. Believe what you want.

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Valid.

My guess would be that navigation in the northern hemisphere relied heavily on Polaris (the north Star), so the 'north arrow' would point in the correct direction if you were holding the map while facing the north star.

It would also coincide with the direction a compass points...

Compasses align themselves with the magnetic field, meaning they orient to the north-south in a line (not a ray). We just decided to paint one side of the compass needle red and call that north.

Farmers Almanac: “Thunderstorms occur when an air mass becomes so unstable that it overturns violently. This usually happens when drastically different temperatures meet, such as when the air closer to the ground is unusually warm and humid and the air above it is unusually cool. Because the lower layers of air are colder — and have a lower dew point — in the wintertime, these kinds of atmospheric clashes are very unusual during colder months. Still, thundersnow does happen. Thundersnows are most common in the Great Lakes region, when cold air blows across the relatively mild water of the Great Lakes, forcing the air upwards rapidly enough that the instability causes lightning and thunder in conjunction with heavy snow.”

Just stating well knowing statistics doesn’t really counts as a short thought….

Let’s try with “Dogs are the most common pet in the world” or “there is an approximately equal number of men and women in the world”…

Would they still be considered prostitutes? They're being paid to have sex

There are a ton of reason, all of which can be found with a google search

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They’re acting like they’re enjoying having 3 dongs in each orifice is pleasurable.

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World history

You don't have to own a home to not be homeless. You also don't need to have to be allowed to stay there forever.

You got it

Ok is subjective. To you no. To me yes.

In the context of eating animals. Because you equated animals to humans. I equate them to food, even though I could have a pet pig that I love and protect dearly, I would still go inside and eat bacon without feeling anything. Similarly, I could throw some bacon into it's pin and it would eat it without issue.

You didn't get what I said and I am not surprised. Both residental and rain water needs to be filtered, cleaned and disinfected. Not sure why you missed out chlorination of rain water.. you really don't want all the bacteria lurking into your toilet and props.

Commercial scale rain water you say? Roof or standalone collectors, contact tanks, pressure tanks, pumps. All made from plastic and coal > steel production. Excavators, truck transport and local waste. Very environmental friendly, right?

Be sure that doing this once per town in large scale is much less impactful than doing this per house in smaller scale.

Huge difference is town projects use natural reservoirs of water (where possible ofc) instead of huge plastic "bottles" burried in dirt everywhere around.

I admit transportation is a thing. It cost some energy. But local water circulation cost it too! Water needs to be pumped from a source to that toilet. Shorter distance means less energy ofc, but for a less people!

I could go on.. could talk about homemade filtrations, leaks, hobbysits accidents etc. etc. So.. sum all it up please!

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Any time a stranger asks me to take a photo of them I flip their camera and take a weird photo of my face first without them noticing. I hand the camera back, say you’re welcome, and walk away before they have time to realize it. This is my thing. I always wonder what they think when they discover I left them a strange photo of my face. I probably did this 20 times when I lasted visited Europe.

I used to work at a bowling alley as a party host, I am almost guaranteed to be in the background of dozens of pictures and videos.

So you're saying that if ALL drugs were illegal, including caffeine, we would probably have smugglers selling COFFEE BEANS to people across the border instead of crack. Makes sense

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