Sunday serious read: Are water wars (woes) coming?

[Mwalimu-G]

Are ‘Water Wars’ Coming to Asia?

Climate change-induced water loss in the Tibetan Plateau further challenges water security from Central to Southeast Asia.

thediplomat.com

 

[zapp_brannigan]

What a coincidence ,I am watching a documentary pale DW .
Coca Cola kama kawaida on the wrong side of the population.

 

[Mwalimu-G]

Something can be done...village by village

 

[Mwalimu-G]

 

[is.mundu]

Even in the Western USA, Europe and China, rivers are drying up.

 

[Sambamba]

Fear mongering tu.. 70% of the earth ni maji and ile maji iko kwa oceans hauwezi maliza not even in a million years.
Desalination is a bit expensive but if push came to shove, we would have to go that route

 

[Mwalimu-G]

Fear mongering tu.. 70% of the earth ni maji and ile maji iko kwa oceans hauwezi maliza not even in a million years.
Desalination is a bit expensive but if push came to shove, we would have to go that route

You do not understand. The issue is not about the water being depleted. Water will always be there. The issue is when it shifts from where people learnt to depend on it and its cycles to other places where it causes disasters.

 

[mzeiya]

Desalination is a bit expensive

What an understatement.

 

[Mwalimu-G]

What an understatement.

And then pumping it to Kyuso. @The.Black.Templar is in good company.