Water Has No Backup
Groundwater, Drought, and the Hidden Bankruptcy of Modern LifeBy Levin Arndt
Length7h 42m
About this audiobook
Modern life was built as if water would always return.
But beneath our farms, cities, homes, food systems, and industries lies a hidden reserve most people never see: groundwater. In <i>Water Has No Backup</i>, Levin Arndt reveals how civilization has treated that buried reserve like income, spending water accumulated over long periods as if it would always refill on demand.
This is not a generic climate book or a survival guide. It is a gripping investigation into aquifers, drought, food, cities, industry, inequality, and the hidden hydrological debt beneath modern life.
Drought is often not the crisis itself. It is the audit.
Clear, urgent, and deeply thought-provoking, <i>Water Has No Backup</i> will change how you see the tap, the supermarket, the city, and the ground beneath your feet.
Groundwater is already the backup. Water has no second one.
Audiobook details
GenreScience and Nature
Length7 hrs 42 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 16, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Title Page
10Chapter 7. The Politics of the Last Well
2A Note on the Evidence
11Chapter 8. The Industrial Thirst
3Opening Note: The Day the Water Did Not Come Back
12Chapter 9. When the Ground Sinks
4Chapter 1. The Invisible Reservoir
13Chapter 10. The Promise of More
5Chapter 2. The Myth of Renewable Water
14Chapter 11. The Geography of Water Inequality
Show all chaptersShow less
6Chapter 3. Drought Is the Messenger
15Chapter 12. Living After the Illusion
7Chapter 4. The Food Beneath the Food
16Closing Chapter. What Cannot Be Replaced
8Chapter 5. Cities Built on Borrowed Water
17Sources and Notes
9Chapter 6. The Drying Middle Class
Forever Inside UsBruno Sennett8h 21m$2.99
The Dating App DelusionTheo Veyran8h 8m$2.99
Everyone Is DifficultPeter Vennor6h 46m$2.99
The End of the Fixed PriceNero Quist8h 32m$2.99
The Race for What No One OwnsTobias Veylen7h 8m$2.99
The No-Exit ProblemAdrian Rell7h 29m$2.99
The Half-Energy MethodLeonard Oppe10h 40m$2.99
Press Zero for NobodyTalin Brinck6h 10m$2.99
The Bet Never SleepsConrad Ames5h 6m$2.99
Black Earth WisdomLeah Penniman11h 54m$8 · $0.00
Crystals for BeginnersKaren Frazier3h 49m$20
What If? 10th Anniversary EditionRandall Munroe7h 29m$23
Nikola Tesla - Ultimate Collection: 70+ Scientific Works, Lectures & EssaysNikola Tesla48h 43m$2 · $0.00
Total Cat MojoJackson Galaxy10h 13m$23 · $0.00
Earth at NightNational Aeronautics and Space Administration2h 31m$1 · $0.00
My Life Among the UnderdogsTia Torres5h 51m$24 · $0.00
What It Takes to Save a LifeKwane Stewart6h$24 · $0.00
Pastoral SongJames Rebanks8h 35m$26 · $0.00
How Stella Learned to TalkChristina Hunger7h$24 · $0.00
Craig & FredCraig Grossi8h 6m$26 · $0.00
Celebrating BirdsNatalia Rojas, Ana Maria Martinez6h 47m$24 · $0.00
WildingIsabella Tree12h 22m$23
Saving JemimaJulie Zickefoose4h 59m$20 · $0.00
Horse Brain, Human BrainJanet L. Jones8h 22m$27 · $0.00
Hot Cowgirl Sh*tLacie Evans2h 15m$15
We Are the Middle of ForeverDahr Jamail, Stan Rushworth13h 39m$23
Will's Red CoatTom Ryan8h 23m$26 · $0.00
Inconvenient FactsGregory Wrightstone3h 54m$17
Of Time and TurtlesSy Montgomery10h 34m$29 · $0.00
You may also like
After LondonRichard Jefferies8h 59m$2 · $0.00
Climate Change: The Fiscal Risks Facing The Federal GovernmentUnated States Government1h 44m$1 · $0.00
ExtinctionBradley Somer8h 57m$20
The Rise and Reign of the MammalsSteve Brusatte13h 26m$33 · $0.00
Disaster Survival Guide – Be Prepared for Any Natural DisasterFederal Emergency Management Agency5h 48m$2 · $0.00
Flytraps and Their OperationF. C. Bishopp36m$2.30
Poultry Perfection: 3 Classic Books on Care and ManagementMary Roberts Conover, Pratt Food Company, Hugh Piper10h 27m$2 · $0.00
Making a Poultry HouseMary Roberts Conover4m$2 · $0.00
Lamb Slaughtering, Cutting, Preserving, and Cooking on the FarmWilliam R. Jones, H. Russell Cross, E. Curtis Green, Anthony Kotula, R. L. West5m$2 · $0.00
The Harvest of the SeaJames Glass Bertram19h 26m$1 · $0.00
Ask the Experts: ChemistryScientific American2h 5m$15
Methods of Destroying RatsDavid E. Lantz15m$2 · $0.00
Primer of Ohio Archaeology: The Mound Builders and the IndiansH. C. Shetrone9m$2 · $0.00
How to SurviveKenny Abdo16m$2
The End of the World is Just the BeginningPeter Zeihan16h 45m$40 · $0.00
A Little History of the EarthJamie Woodward10h$23 · $0.00
Soil PreparationOrg. Roger Rodrigo Dos Santos - Ed. Adriano Stephan Nascente1h 13m$24 · $0.00
Creatures with CamoJulie Murray10m$2
Underground ManGabriel de Tarde3h 42m$2 · $0.00
The art and mystery of curing, preserving, and pottingAnonymous4h 49m$2 · $0.00