The next Global conflict

[IamInuit]

I have always had the notion that it would and will be because of water. Well I cant really claim it as my own as my geologist father told me he believed it when I was about 12. Think about it as its actually a sui generis in that it stands alone. That is to say we can live without oil.

[greynotsoold]

I think that that is probably true. In fact, if there is ever another War Between the States in the US, it will be over water and it will start in the West.

[IamInuit]

Our free trade partners have been trying to sneak in water for 2 decades.

[greynotsoold]

I was reading yesterday about water rights issues in New Mexico. There is a movement among local ranchers- this is in the west/central part of the state, close to the Arizona border- to stop foreign 'speculators' and other commercial interests from drilling for water on the Plains of San Agustin.
That area was apparently a huge lake for a very long time (until a very long time ago), and there is a tremendous amount of water underground. The ranchers rely on this water and the resultant springs, etc...and are afraid that these outside interests will drain the water, then sell it back to them. Or at the very least, use it up.
That was what happened on the Navajo Nation and the Hopi reservation in Arizona. In that case, the coal mine on Black Mesa used up a billion gallons of ground water every year and eventually the springs in that part of the world all dried up. Those springs were not only the only water source for several thousand people and their livestock, but they have religious significance to the Hopi as well.

[0james0]

Considering there is more of it than anything else on the planet, if we start going to war because of water, we are in real problems.

GPS, Internet and energy related things will be what everyone wants to be ahead on.

[IamInuit]

Considering there is more of it than anything else on the planet, if we start going to war because of water, we are in real problems.

GPS, Internet and energy related things will be what everyone wants to be ahead on.

I'm talking fresh water.

[Spicoli]

Locally we've had boil orders at least 5 times in a year...and thats not including hurricanes coming in and leaving people standing in 4 plus hr lines for ice blocks and bottled drinking water. Or BP polluting the inlets and reserves. I don't know about a global conflict for fresh drinking water but you can bet its one 'natural' resource that is greatly taken for granted. Nothing like a sponge bath with a gallon of Kentwood or stashed tap when the taps are dry or running black

[Kirkland Laing]

There are massive water problems on the way all over the world. They're definitely going to cause regional conflicts, not sure about global conflicts.

[Howlin Mad Missy]

someone else to hate, water isn't a right