The next war in the Middle East may well be fought because of the need for water. See Drought and Israeli Policy Threaten West Bank Water Security
at http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=9597
See also article in Today's Zaman:
‘Water rights’ present conflict potential as major water forum nears
As Turkey prepares for the world’s largest water forum, a new dispute has surfaced between Europeans and Turkish officials over water rights.
Sources from the Turkish environment and foreign ministries said that some members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) indicated at the assembly’s meeting last month that “water rights” should be included on the agenda of the 5th World Water Forum, to be held on March 16-22, 2009, in Istanbul and at which 20,000 people from 150 countries are expected to gather.
http://www.zaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=147771
Originally posted by ScriabinInteresting topic.
An interesting article:
The danger of water wars
Fred Pearce
Published 28 November 2007 in The New Statesman
Water consumption has tripled in the past 30 years and there's a growing danger that disputes over the most necessary of resources could erupt into violence
Water is rapidly becoming one of the defining crises of the 21st century. Clim ...[text shortened]... ountries"? And what has changed since 1997 when this government saw no such impediment?
Water is not something that people think about much in the northern latitudes. There´s tons of the stuff falling out of the sky all the time. However, it is clearly an important resource. I don´t know how much desalination of the sea can help although I presume, once you´ve cleaned the waste waster up again you can put the salt back. I imagine the needs of industry have put an enormous strain on water supplies as time has gone on too.
The strange thing is though that I don´t think water is ever destroyed in appreciable quantities so the problem is probably one of distribution and the will to do it.
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The long term solution is that you need massive desalination and water distribution capability, problem is cost, and the fact you need lots of electricity, on top of the electricity you need to run cars/trains/planes on batteries/hydrogen, on top of the electricity you need to turn the lights on (and such). Oh and you need to do it without emitting CO2.... This is where you start building nuclear fission reactors... then you realise there isn't enough nuclear fuel... at which point you start wishing the EU+USA+Japan hadn't spent quite so long arguing over which country to build ITER in.
Originally posted by googlefudgeSounds like George Orwell.
The long term solution is that you need massive desalination and water distribution capability, problem is cost, and the fact you need lots of electricity, on top of the electricity you need to run cars/trains/planes on batteries/hydrogen, on top of the electricity you need to turn the lights on (and such). Oh and you need to do it without emitting CO2.. ...[text shortened]... shing the EU+USA+Japan hadn't spent quite so long arguing over which country to build ITER in.
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Originally posted by scherzoYes because he famously wanted to put a clean drinking tap into every home... no wait... ??????
Sounds like George Orwell.
Edit: just in case I'm not being clear, I'm simply stating that I didn't get the last post, My knowledge of Orwell is his 1984 spy in every home thing, which doesn't have any relevance I can see to what I just said, so please do clarify.
Originally posted by googlefudgeThe costs would cripple us and make us turn to anything for help .....
Yes because he famously wanted to put a clean drinking tap into every home... no wait... ??????
Edit: just in case I'm not being clear, I'm simply stating that I didn't get the last post, My knowledge of Orwell is his 1984 spy in every home thing, which doesn't have any relevance I can see to what I just said, so please do clarify.
Including.....
Big Brother.
All right, that was ridiculous, I admit. But the costs would not bode well for our already indebted society.
Originally posted by googlefudgeAll right, I'll give that one to you.
I don't know, the development and implementation of new technology has traditional been associated with financial growth, its sitting around twiddling your thumbs while we run out of food oil and water that'll kill you (both financially and literally :-) )
My resistance here ends thus.