Jan 18 2008

‘Water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink..’

Published by Matthew at 11:12 am under Ecoconscience

Gold? Who needs it? You can’t drink it unless you ‘re partial to molten liquids and then, well, you’ll have cauterized your mouth, throat, stomach and intestinal tract…not so good. Water will be the new black as it were over the next 25 years.

Global Availability of water, 2006

BBC NEWS | Special Reports | 629 | 629 | State of the planet, in graphics

2 Responses to “‘Water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink..’”

  1. # beebon 23 Jan 2008 at 10:49 am

    “horde” the water? as in the huns?

  2. # beebon 23 Jan 2008 at 11:14 am

    seriously, resource wars will be the hallmark of the 21st century: oil, water, everything.

    that, and extreme climate change.

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