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California droughts, controversy over Nestle getting water rights all over north america, and there's very little fresh water reserves that are clean to drink t
by incomingpain 5y ago
California droughts, controversy over Nestle getting water rights all over north america, and there's very little fresh water reserves that are clean to drink to begin with. Definitely smart investment angle.
- armchairhacker 5y agoI read somewhere that the entire human population uses about 0.5% of all water, and water covers around 71% of Earth's surface. And apparently we have developed a lot of cheap and effective water filters [1] [2] [3]. Access to water is a logistics problem, but still, it would be pretty dystopian if reasonable amounts of water aren't cheap. [1] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-32973591 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-32973591 [2] https://cordis.europa.eu/article/id/415837-new-technology-provides-clean-water-in-africa https://cordis.europa.eu/article/id/415837-new-technology-pr... [3] https://www.h2o4a.org/life-straws-1 https://www.h2o4a.org/life-straws-1