[paimei01]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '�')��If the wars of this century were fought over oil, the wars of the next century will be fought over water.” ~World Bank Vice President Ismail Serageldin
As the source of all life enters the global marketplace and political arena. Corporate giants, private investors, and corrupt governments vie for control of our dwindling supply, prompting protests, lawsuits, and revolutions from citizens fighting for the right to survive. Past civilizations have collapsed from poor water management. Will ours too?

[Amrit]

I haven't read the book, but from what you wrote, i cannot imagine water to be a problem. This seems to be an interesting book.

[Sixstrings]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'I')n every corner of the globe, we are polluting, diverting, pumping, and wasting our limited supply of fresh water at an exponential level as population and technology grows, resulting in the desertification of the earth.

Corporate giants profit by forcing developing countries to privatize their shrinking water supply. Wall Street investors target desalination and mass bulk water export schemes to turn a global catastrophe into a product. Corrupt governments use water for economic and political gain, military control of water emerges, and a new geopolitical map and power structure forms, setting the stage for world water wars.
http://www.bluegold-worldwaterwars.com/actionplan/index.html

[cualcrees]

Thanks for the recommendation; I'm gonna check it out!

[Ludi]

I know I keep posting this but I think its so important: Most water problems could be solved at the local level by watershed restoration, even in the desert.

http://www.harvestingrainwater.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iQ-FBAmvBw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W15RRvKyJSk

[Sixstrings]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', 'I') know I keep posting this but I think its so important: Most water problems could be solved at the local level by watershed restoration, even in the desert.

[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Sixstrings', ' ') You have to wonder how practical that is though, digging holes all over a continent.

[pablonite]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Sixstrings', 'A')lso, about four or five multinational companies are gobbling up municipal water systems worldwide (lots of American cities included, Atlanta, Pittsburgh, etc.).