Commissar SFLUFAN Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 Our most precious bodily fluid joins coffee, soybeans, oil, etc. as a commodity product: Water Futures Trading Begins as Key Resource Is Commodified WWW.ESQUIRE.COM What is chilling is how easily water was tucked into Market Speak as though it were subprime mortgages. The great sci-fi dystopian novel "The Water Knife" is looking more and more prophetic with each passing day: The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi: 9780804171533 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books WWW.PENGUINRANDOMHOUSE.COM WATER IS POWER In the near future, the Colorado River has dwindled to a trickle. Detective, assassin, and spy, Angel Velasquez “cuts” water for the Southern Nevada Water Authority,... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_MH Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 I'm more shocked this didn't happen sooner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricofoley Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 I think a lot about that title card at the end of The Big Short that explains that Mark Burry's current investments (at least at the time the movie was made) were all based around water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairslinger Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 I was going to make a Spaceballs joke about selling cans of air, but when Googling a pic to post about it I see that is already happening in China.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 2 minutes ago, Chairslinger said: I was going to make a Spaceballs joke about selling cans of air, but when Googling a pic to post about it I see that is already happening in China.... Los Angeles from the 50s: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 1 minute ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: "You don't have a right to water but you do have a right to a free lawyer while suing for access to water." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Nancy Pelosi in 2052 (still alive after emptying out 184 blood boys): "While we believe that every American has the right to water, that need is being met by the roving water proprietorships, and Senator Ocasio-Cortez's suggestion that we provide it through the government is wholly socialist and extreme." 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uaarkson Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 On 12/8/2020 at 4:28 PM, CitizenVectron said: Nancy Pelosi in 2052 (still alive after emptying out 184 blood boys): "While we believe that every American has the right to water, that need is being met by the roving water proprietorships, and Senator Ocasio-Cortez's suggestion that we provide it through the government is wholly socialist and extreme." Pelosi’s head in a jar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 It's smarter to own the airspace of a certain sector that way you can have a claim on the water before it reaches a body of water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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