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1. disappearing democracy due to totalitarian levels of spying everywhere 2. riots over collapsing economies 3. education costs 50yrs Potable water worth mor
by dobbsbob 13y ago
1. disappearing democracy due to totalitarian levels of spying everywhere
2. riots over collapsing economies
3. education costs
50yrs
Potable water worth more than gold in some countries
100yrs
Potable water priceless
- derefr 13y agoWhy, exactly, can't we desalinate the oceans, if potable water really becomes an issue?
- a3n 13y agoWe will. If you're rich, you'll be able to afford to drink it. Nestle will likely be one of the providers, and there will be others just like them. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=nestle+water+ceo https://duckduckgo.com/?q=nestle+water+ceo
- derefr 13y agoBottled water would get more expensive, true. I was more thinking, though, about coastal cities, where the water itself could just be piped up from the ocean, through desalination, and into the grid. (The puzzle, then, isn't so much how to get people drinking water--they can move toward the coasts. It's how to get crops drinking water.)
- patmcc 13y agoDesalinated water is cheap enough to drink if you're anywhere above abject poverty, really: much less than $1 per cubic meter in Israel and Singapore, for example. Literally fractions of a cent for a litre. It's everything else we use potable water for that makes desalination expensive.