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from 2013 Recent comments from Nestle CEO Peter Brabeck imply that the world's water will soon come under the control of corporations like his. Brabeck makes t

from 2013 Recent comments from Nestle CEO Peter Brabeck imply that the world's water will soon come under the control of corporations like his. Brabeck makes the astonishing claim that water is not a human right, but should be managed by business people and governing bodies. He wants water controlled, privatized, and delegated in a way that sustains the planet. http://www.naturalnews.com/040026_Nestle_water_supply_domination.html http://www.naturalnews.com/040026_Nestle_water_supply_domina...

lotsofmangos 12y ago
Here's some of his thoughts on water for investors. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=SEFL8ElXHaU#t=135 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=SEF... And then his attempt at damage control. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dMA0_cLdeE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dMA0_cLdeE
Mindstormy 12y ago
As much as I hate to say this, but I almost agree that there will need to be some form of oversight into how water is obtained from natural sources and then distributed. You can see all of the crazy issues going on right now in California due to the current drought. However, I also see water as a basic human right, and should not restrict anyones access to it, but these topics get very murky when we start discussing the needs of the many for sustenance, and the needs of the many for I want my lawn to be green or I want to bottle it and resell it.
- JoeAltmaier 12y ago
  ...or more pertinently, I want to flood the desert to grow rice in the California central valley.
- maxerickson 12y ago
  There is already extensive oversight. There are places where homeowners don't have the right to the rain that falls on their roof. There are things like the Great Lakes Compact: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakes_Compact http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakes_Compact There are rules governing what a waste water treatment plant can output (especially around things like phosphorus). On a river, one town's waste water is the next town's source water. New York City owns large tracts of land to help protect its water supply: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_water_supply_system http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_water_supply_syst... http://www.pwconserve.org/issues/watersheds/newyorkcity/ http://www.pwconserve.org/issues/watersheds/newyorkcity/ There are also usually pretty strict laws in force anywhere surface water is used for drinking water (you see watershed signs for that). Of course new and changing interests will require lots of changes to the way the oversight it done, and it anyway isn't exactly perfect.
  - smsm42 12y ago
    Here's another funny regulation effect from California: http://www.newser.com/story/191142/couple-could-be-fined-500-if-they-water-lawn-500-if-they-dont.html http://www.newser.com/story/191142/couple-could-be-fined-500... If you don't water you lawn, you're fined. If you do, you're fined. And here's an example of a guy going to jail for having a rainwater pool on their property: http://www.realfarmacy.com/oregon-man-sent-to-jail-for-catching-rain-water-on-his-own-property/ http://www.realfarmacy.com/oregon-man-sent-to-jail-for-catch...
    - bsder 12y ago
      > If you don't water you lawn, you're fined. If you do, you're fined. And a state law trumps a Homeowner's Association (it's normally even written into the contract). The Association is liable for attempting to enforce something that violates state law. > And here's an example of a guy going to jail for having a rainwater pool on their property Um, IIRC, the details of that case are that the dude actually build enormous reservoirs. We're not talking a couple barrels, we're talking something like 3 ponds.
      - mnarayan01 12y ago
        It's the city which is trying to require him to water his lawn, not an HA.
pit 12y ago
In the same way that the current problems in Ferguson would have been mitigated by a modern, efficient, privatized police force.
- trhway 12y ago
  armed with a tactical thermonuclear ("neutron"/"clean") bombs.
ibisum 12y ago
Whats next .. Air? Come on, this is just totalitarianism in another form. Control the worlds water, and you control the world - what more do you want to demonstrate this is a power grab by greedy fascists?
- Houshalter 12y ago
  Water is a scarce resource in some places. Rationing water on a market is a reasonable solution. We do it for literally every other scarce resource. Food, oil, iron, etc.
  - ibisum 12y ago
    Oh, I know, it 'needs to be managed' because its 'scarce'. Having lived in Los Angeles for a significant period of my life, I know exactly where 'water management for the people, by the people' leads us .. to desperation for some, prosperity for others.
- dm2 12y ago
  The main concern is that a company could come along and pump out all the water from an aquifer or lake that a village/community/town depends on and it would be perfectly legal because "it's my water too". Privatizing the water supply should be heavily debated and the outcome should be what is best for citizens. No price-gouging, as low as possible price for water, etc. Right now companies can dump chemicals into many public water sources even in the US because it's their water to use also. Industry and farms are the biggest users of water, normal people need to be protected from their abuse of the worlds finite fresh water supply. If someone invented a machine that sucked air off the planet at a rate which actually threatened the worlds air supply, then yes, air should be regulated. In fact, it already is to some degree with anti-pollution laws. Regulation and competition allow companies to exist, make a profit, and help citizens at the same time. Yes, some companies abuse their power but as long as government corruption is kept to a reasonable level then the government can step in and either make the company change (in numerous ways). There would be a problem if a private company had a private military that was more powerful than the governments military, I think that is the plot of the next Call of Duty game...

lotsofmangos 12y ago

Here's some of his thoughts on water for investors. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=SEFL8ElXHaU#t=135 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=SEF... And then his attempt at damage control. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dMA0_cLdeE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dMA0_cLdeE

Mindstormy 12y ago

As much as I hate to say this, but I almost agree that there will need to be some form of oversight into how water is obtained from natural sources and then distributed. You can see all of the crazy issues going on right now in California due to the current drought. However, I also see water as a basic human right, and should not restrict anyones access to it, but these topics get very murky when we start discussing the needs of the many for sustenance, and the needs of the many for I want my lawn to be green or I want to bottle it and resell it.

JoeAltmaier 12y ago
...or more pertinently, I want to flood the desert to grow rice in the California central valley.
maxerickson 12y ago
There is already extensive oversight. There are places where homeowners don't have the right to the rain that falls on their roof. There are things like the Great Lakes Compact: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakes_Compact http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakes_Compact There are rules governing what a waste water treatment plant can output (especially around things like phosphorus). On a river, one town's waste water is the next town's source water. New York City owns large tracts of land to help protect its water supply: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_water_supply_system http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_water_supply_syst... http://www.pwconserve.org/issues/watersheds/newyorkcity/ http://www.pwconserve.org/issues/watersheds/newyorkcity/ There are also usually pretty strict laws in force anywhere surface water is used for drinking water (you see watershed signs for that). Of course new and changing interests will require lots of changes to the way the oversight it done, and it anyway isn't exactly perfect.
- smsm42 12y ago
  Here's another funny regulation effect from California: http://www.newser.com/story/191142/couple-could-be-fined-500-if-they-water-lawn-500-if-they-dont.html http://www.newser.com/story/191142/couple-could-be-fined-500... If you don't water you lawn, you're fined. If you do, you're fined. And here's an example of a guy going to jail for having a rainwater pool on their property: http://www.realfarmacy.com/oregon-man-sent-to-jail-for-catching-rain-water-on-his-own-property/ http://www.realfarmacy.com/oregon-man-sent-to-jail-for-catch...
  - bsder 12y ago
    > If you don't water you lawn, you're fined. If you do, you're fined. And a state law trumps a Homeowner's Association (it's normally even written into the contract). The Association is liable for attempting to enforce something that violates state law. > And here's an example of a guy going to jail for having a rainwater pool on their property Um, IIRC, the details of that case are that the dude actually build enormous reservoirs. We're not talking a couple barrels, we're talking something like 3 ponds.
    - mnarayan01 12y ago
      It's the city which is trying to require him to water his lawn, not an HA.

pit 12y ago

In the same way that the current problems in Ferguson would have been mitigated by a modern, efficient, privatized police force.

trhway 12y ago
armed with a tactical thermonuclear ("neutron"/"clean") bombs.

ibisum 12y ago

Whats next .. Air? Come on, this is just totalitarianism in another form. Control the worlds water, and you control the world - what more do you want to demonstrate this is a power grab by greedy fascists?

Houshalter 12y ago
Water is a scarce resource in some places. Rationing water on a market is a reasonable solution. We do it for literally every other scarce resource. Food, oil, iron, etc.
- ibisum 12y ago
  Oh, I know, it 'needs to be managed' because its 'scarce'. Having lived in Los Angeles for a significant period of my life, I know exactly where 'water management for the people, by the people' leads us .. to desperation for some, prosperity for others.
dm2 12y ago
The main concern is that a company could come along and pump out all the water from an aquifer or lake that a village/community/town depends on and it would be perfectly legal because "it's my water too". Privatizing the water supply should be heavily debated and the outcome should be what is best for citizens. No price-gouging, as low as possible price for water, etc. Right now companies can dump chemicals into many public water sources even in the US because it's their water to use also. Industry and farms are the biggest users of water, normal people need to be protected from their abuse of the worlds finite fresh water supply. If someone invented a machine that sucked air off the planet at a rate which actually threatened the worlds air supply, then yes, air should be regulated. In fact, it already is to some degree with anti-pollution laws. Regulation and competition allow companies to exist, make a profit, and help citizens at the same time. Yes, some companies abuse their power but as long as government corruption is kept to a reasonable level then the government can step in and either make the company change (in numerous ways). There would be a problem if a private company had a private military that was more powerful than the governments military, I think that is the plot of the next Call of Duty game...