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Comment by panick21_

11 days ago

Funny how people always endlessly worry about water supply, its one of those things that is very easy to claim but very hard to prove an in 99.9% of times there really isn't an issue.

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bluefirebrand  11 days ago

People can live without a high speed train. They cannot live without a clean water supply

Seems to me that the priorities are correct

  • panick21_  11 days ago

    Ok but here is the thing, Japan had great civil engineering for 100 years, they have made lots and lots and lots of tunnels. Japan overall has fantastic water quality and is globally known for clean and safe bathrooms.

    So the argument that 'new train X will destroy the water supply' really needs to be based on a whole stack of good evidence.

    • kdheiwns  11 days ago

      Japan has some of the most horrific pollution disasters of the 20th century and had tremendously polluted water. The clean Japan thing is only true because Japan got very serious about safety after companies were ignoring issues and polluting water.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Big_Pollution_Diseases_of...

      And I don't even get the clean bathrooms connection. Sounds like a random TikTok meme with zero relevance. Half the bathrooms don't even have soap.

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    • mmooss  11 days ago

      The burden of proof should be on not contaminating the water supply. That is too dangerous to risk.

      > Japan had great civil engineering for 100 years, they have made lots and lots and lots of tunnels. Japan overall has fantastic water quality ...

      Does it? And if so, maybe that's because they make sure projects like this one don't contaminate the water supply.

      > ... globally known for clean and safe bathrooms

      What does this have to do with water supply? One suspects that you know very little if that's the best evidence you have.

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