Sure, and as the Mekong, one of the largest rivers in the world gets exploited and dammed more and more they will have to fight over supply. This is far from being a dry region but resources always have limits.Bong Burgundy wrote:vladimir wrote:Indeed, but that's not the point. The point is the area that it falls in, and volume and period it falls over, are no longer as predictable as in previous times.slavedog wrote:The thing to remember with water is that it can never be used up. The amount of h2o on the planet is fixed. We can drink it, boil it, move it around, etc etc, but it will never go away.
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The point is that over 50% of the world's population is urbanised, iow of fixed abode, and unless the water is predictably available, cities are in a very precarious situation.
Cape Town experienced rapid urbanisation without any concomitant increase in reservoirs, and then it had 3 years of serious drought.
At some stage coastal cities will have to build desalination plants for insurance, if not for basic supply.
Selling water rights to private companies who hike prices is ridiculous, yet many countries continue to do this, as well as privatisation of electricity supply. Some argue such privatisation actually motivates private companies to enjoy shortages, as it drives up prices.
Every now and then I totally agree with you. This is one of those times.
There will be armed conflict within the next few decades other water, sub sahara and the sahal are already close to it over the Nile.
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Waterfront desalination plant set to come online by month end - CT deputy mayorYoun Hoo Fatt wrote:i cant see that they are producing gold from iron here.
exists abundant capital abundant technology abundant natural resource, just needs to meet abundant need and as long as abundant corruption doesn't get in the way, it will happen fast
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Deputy mayor of Cape Town Ian Neilson and Mayco member Xanthea Limberg held a briefing on Thursday to provide updates on the City's water augmentation schemes.
The V&A plant is expected to add two-million litres of water a day to the City's water supply system, and forms part of a longer-term plan to build in water supplies that do not rely on dams. Three desalination plants are on the cards for Cape Town.
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This guy is really a class act.the chicken wrote:. South Africa is run by a bunch of naggers hence vlad exiled and preach his shits in another country for the last decade.
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