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Desalinization is extremely expensive to the point that we can't yet rely on salt water. The water crisis affects developing nations who can and will be taken
by jmathai 14y ago
Desalinization is extremely expensive to the point that we can't yet rely on salt water.
The water crisis affects developing nations who can and will be taken advantage of (referred to here as slavery). As the article explains, as water continues to be a scarce resource there becomes more and more power in controlling it.
I think wars over oil are bad but the ethical questions around water are significantly more fundamental.