Commissar SFLUFAN Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 Seventeen nations representing 25% of the human population are currently under extremely high water stress, meaning they are using almost all the water they have. Among these nations are nuclear-armed India and Pakistan. Quote In those countries are several big, thirsty cities that have faced acute shortages recently, including São Paulo, Brazil; Chennai, India; and Cape Town, which in 2018 narrowly beat what it called Day Zero — the day when all its dams would be dry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 People have been saying for awhile that rather than oil, the wars of the future will be over water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
69los Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 7 minutes ago, skillzdadirecta said: People have been saying for awhile that rather than oil, the wars of the future will be over water. So the future is less Mad Max and more Solarbabies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 20 hours ago, 69los said: So the future is less Mad Max and more Solarbabies. Actually there are both oil wars and water wars that bring the collapse of society in Mad Max. Separately, I've been worrying about water availability for a few years now. I see it begins . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreatGamble Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 52 minutes ago, Greatoneshere said: Actually there are both oil wars and water wars that bring the collapse of society in Mad Max. Separately, I've been worrying about water availability for a few years now. I see it begins . . . Thankfully North America is flush with fresh water. But it's going to be a massive problem in the middle east, india, much of china and the far east. Russia has lots of fresh water, as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted August 8, 2019 Author Share Posted August 8, 2019 Just now, TheGreatGamble said: Thankfully North America is flush with fresh water. But it's going to be a massive problem in the middle east, india, much of china and the far east. Russia has lots of fresh water, as well. Look at the map. There are huge sections of North America that are very much at-risk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 5 minutes ago, SFLUFAN said: Look at the map. There are huge sections of North America that are very much at-risk. But other parts of the US will be underwater by then so won't it even out from just farming them for water? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 21 minutes ago, SFLUFAN said: Look at the map. There are huge sections of North America that are very much at-risk. While that's true (mostly in the US), those places at least belong to a political entity that can potentially transport water to those regions. Actually...as a Canadian I worry a bit about future American demands for access to Canadian water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaladinSolo Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 3 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: While that's true (mostly in the US), those places at least belong to a political entity that can potentially transport water to those regions. Actually...as a Canadian I worry a bit about future American demands for access to Canadian water. You mean American water, 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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