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That's not environmental pollution, but you're not wrong about the potential for conflict. War could erupt between Egypt and Ethiopia at the drop of a hat over
by caymanjim 6y ago
That's not environmental pollution, but you're not wrong about the potential for conflict. War could erupt between Egypt and Ethiopia at the drop of a hat over the GERD. Usually cooler heads prevail, but water is going to displace oil as the primary driver of resource wars. Arguably it already has, but we're simply in a resource war lull for the moment.
- 0_____0 6y agoI had to look up GERD. This refers to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, an under-construction hydropower dam on the Nile that is controversial due to its potential negative effects on Egypt's water access.
- Robotbeat 6y agoI mean ideally, the Nile would be made navigable all the way up there, allowing Egypt to benefit from Ethiopian trade (as Ethiopia is landlocked).
- Jon_Lowtek 6y agoEthiopia will boom in the next decade. It houses many institutions of the African Union and Addis Abbaba is the sister city of both Bejing and Washington.
- ouid 6y agoI know it as gastro-esophageal reflux disease, so I'm glad you commented with this clarification
- cperciva 6y agoThe dam project is causing a lot of heartburn, so you weren't far off either...
- rjsw 6y agoTurkey, Syria and Iraq are other candidates.