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A similar disaster is playing out in Bangalore: https://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry/bengaluru-is-facing-a-terrible-water-crisis-and-only-tanker-mafias-are-gaini

by owyn 7y ago

A similar disaster is playing out in Bangalore: https://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry/bengaluru-is-facing-a-terrible-water-crisis-and-only-tanker-mafias-are-gaining_in_5c8b45e1e4b0db7da9f1a154 https://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry/bengaluru-is-facing-a-te...

namirez 7y ago
A similar disaster is playing out in Tehran: https://www.livescience.com/64235-tehran-is-sinking.html https://www.livescience.com/64235-tehran-is-sinking.html
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- walrus01 7y ago
  And the "water tanker mafia" in Karachi: https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/09/10/645525392/for-karachis-water-mafia-stolen-h20-is-a-lucrative-business https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/09/10/6455253...
  - theNJR 7y ago
    Which inspired a VR game I made. https://store.steampowered.com/app/510930/Thirst_VR/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/510930/Thirst_VR/
    - walrus01 7y ago
      Have you read this? https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23209924-the-water-knife https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23209924-the-water-knife
      - theNJR 7y ago
        No but that looks awesome. The VR game is based on a screenplay I wrote that is Blade Runner meets China Town. Water Knife looks like something I'd like. Adding to vacation reads list! Thanks!
        walrus01 7y ago
        It is a good book. Here's a copy/paste from the wikipedia article about the author's previous book, also set in a dystopian post-environmental-disaster environment. The work won the 2010 Nebula Award[3], the Campbell Memorial Award[4], and the 2010 Hugo Award (tied with The City & the City by China Miéville for the Hugo Award), both for best novel.[5] This book also won the 2010 Compton Crook Award and the 2010 Locus Award for best first novel.
        Freak_NL 7y ago
        Paolo Bacigalupi is a good writer with a creative take on world building. Both The Windup Girl and The Water Knife (on topic for this thread) are good reads. His short stories collected in Pump Six and Other Stories are worth digging into as well if you like his novels. He goes into the potential effects of widespread gene modification and excessive patent protection of crops as well.
    - im3w1l 7y ago
      Really cool!
- geomark 7y ago
  And Bangkok: https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2162409/bangkok-sinking-how-will-thailands-capital-cope-when https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/216240...

by owyn 7y ago

namirez 7y ago

A similar disaster is playing out in Tehran: https://www.livescience.com/64235-tehran-is-sinking.html https://www.livescience.com/64235-tehran-is-sinking.html

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walrus01 7y ago
And the "water tanker mafia" in Karachi: https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/09/10/645525392/for-karachis-water-mafia-stolen-h20-is-a-lucrative-business https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/09/10/6455253...
- theNJR 7y ago
  Which inspired a VR game I made. https://store.steampowered.com/app/510930/Thirst_VR/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/510930/Thirst_VR/
  - walrus01 7y ago
    Have you read this? https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23209924-the-water-knife https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23209924-the-water-knife
    - theNJR 7y ago
      No but that looks awesome. The VR game is based on a screenplay I wrote that is Blade Runner meets China Town. Water Knife looks like something I'd like. Adding to vacation reads list! Thanks!
      - walrus01 7y ago
        It is a good book. Here's a copy/paste from the wikipedia article about the author's previous book, also set in a dystopian post-environmental-disaster environment. The work won the 2010 Nebula Award[3], the Campbell Memorial Award[4], and the 2010 Hugo Award (tied with The City & the City by China Miéville for the Hugo Award), both for best novel.[5] This book also won the 2010 Compton Crook Award and the 2010 Locus Award for best first novel.
        Freak_NL 7y ago
        Paolo Bacigalupi is a good writer with a creative take on world building. Both The Windup Girl and The Water Knife (on topic for this thread) are good reads. His short stories collected in Pump Six and Other Stories are worth digging into as well if you like his novels. He goes into the potential effects of widespread gene modification and excessive patent protection of crops as well.
  - im3w1l 7y ago
    Really cool!
geomark 7y ago
And Bangkok: https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2162409/bangkok-sinking-how-will-thailands-capital-cope-when https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/216240...