I think there are lots of sci-fi stories on this topic, one I can think of is "Pump Six" by Paolo Bacigalupi (https://books.google.de/books?id=HoSXDAAAQBAJ&pg=P

I think there are lots of sci-fi stories on this topic, one I can think of is "Pump Six" by Paolo Bacigalupi (https://books.google.de/books?id=HoSXDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT125&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=1#v=onepage&q=pump%20six&f=false https://books.google.de/books?id=HoSXDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT125&sourc...), which is from this century...