Peak Water

Quote from satchel:

Target our love of lawns.

<u>19 trillion gallons</u> per year spent making it look better than your neighbors. (Less than 5 trillion / yr in rainfall over the US I believe)

THE LARGEST IRRIGATED CROP.

25 billion lawn care industry (but hey pet industry is twice as much).
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Lets not forget that the water that we use to water our lawns most of it goes into the ground. Lots of water in the ground which means lots of wells can be dug. That water does not just disappear, its down there streaming along. The reason all these lakes run dry is because the water companies get their water from that one source then sell it to you. Its much harder for them to locate all the underground water supplies AND build resources to pull that water out to sell back to you only to have to build another plant to pull the water out every time.
 
Peak water is a wrong definition

As long as 3/4 of the world is covered with water, we have no water problem. There is a simple technology that can convert sea water to drinkable water. But it is expensive

The issue is not peak water

The issue is peak cheap water
 
Am I the only one who just thinks this is the exact same kind of bullsh*t logic extremist vegetarians or charities use to scare you away from the idea of being rich or eating meat?

I'm no right wing nut-job who thinks the idea of global warming is fake ( Though it needs more research instead of propaganda pandering ) but I'm certainly more realistic when it comes to this kind of thing in that I don't see how taking a few gallons of water and dumping it on someone is going to help. The same with all this stuff about cleaning our highways or doing other pointless repetitive tasks.

The people who cause the problems in the first place ARE the problem, so we need to actually go out and find out why they are doing this and put a stop to it at the source. One good thing I will mention about this recession for instance is that it's actually forced everyone to be far more efficient when before we were doing ridiculous things like selling pasta bags that could feed four people but never selling portions designed for one.
 
difficult to trade...

Suez has a water business, I think, but it's a tough business. many places where they've taken over the water utility they've been kicked out after modernizing eevrything.

I think water will become by far the most fought over resource ever. it'll make oil driven geopolitics seem like kindergarden.

It's just too much of an absolute necessity. I don't think any country will put utself at the mercy of a for profit corporation that controls its water.

no exxon mobil of water. wont happen.

like "peak air." lol. just like we think air belongs everyone, mosy people think water belongs to everyone.
 
The problem is "peak world population" and not "peak water".

Mother Earth does not have the resources to support 7 billion people/ population.
 
Quote from wildfirepow:

“It should be obvious from simple arithmetic that population growth is on a direct collision course with increasingly scarce resources.”
Jeremy Grantham

The notion of peak water probably sounds crazy to most people. The earth is 70% covered by water. The water cycle replenishes water on a continuous basis. The global warming enthusiasts tell us that glaciers are melting and oceans are rising. This should make water more plentiful.

But, as they say in the real estate business – Location, Location, Location. Freshwater shortages in the wrong places could have calamitous consequences to those regions, worldwide commodity prices, the economic future of nations with water shortages and possible war. Regional water scarcity means water usage exceeds the annual natural replenishment from the water cycle. The impact of water scarcity can be far reaching. It can lead to food shortages, famine, and starvation. Many nations, regions and states have mismanaged their water resources, and they will have to suffer the long-term consequences.

According to the United Nations, by 2020 water use is expected to increase by 40% to support the food requirements of a worldwide population that will grow from 6.7 billion people to 7.5 billion people. The U.N. estimate is that 1.8 billion people will be living in regions with extreme water scarcity. Even though 70% of the globe is covered by water, most of it is not useable because it is saltwater. Only 2% of the earth’s water is considered freshwater. Most of the freshwater is locked up in glaciers, permanent snow cover and in deep groundwater.

Desalinization is a process that can convert saltwater into freshwater, but it is only practically useful on the coastlines and it is 15 times more expensive. The middle of the United States is considered our breadbasket, where the majority of our food is grown. Drought and/or over-consumption of existing sources of water in this sensitive area would have worldwide implications, as the U.S. is a huge exporter of wheat, soybeans, rice and corn. The United States exported $115 billion of agricultural products in 2008 while importing $80 billion, according to the USDA. This is one of the few remaining businesses where the U.S. is a net exporter. Population growth and water shortages could change that equation.

The major challenges regarding freshwater are:

Tremendously uneven distribution of water on earth.
The economic and physical constraints of tapping water trapped in glaciers.
Human contamination of existing water supplies.
The high cost of moving water from one place to another.
Regional scarcity is not easily solved. Once the extraction of water exceeds the natural rate of replenishment, there are only a few options.

Reduce demand to sustainable levels.
Move the demand to an area where water is available.
Shift to increasingly expensive sources, such as desalinization.

None of these options is available for many areas in the Southwest U.S. The cities of Las Vegas, and Phoenix were built in the middle of the desert. The Hoover Dam, built on the Colorado River near Las Vegas during the Great Depression, created Lake Mead, the country's largest artificial body of water. The lake provides water to Arizona, California, Nevada and northern Mexico - but after several recent years of drought, on top of ever-growing demand, it's dangerously depleted. Housing developments on the outskirts of these towns have been stopped dead in their tracks by lack of water supply. The growth of these major U.S. metropolitan areas is in danger of going into reverse if their long-term water supplies are not secure.

Potential Impact on Commodities

The United States, for better or worse, is a sprawling suburban dominated country with large supplies of freshwater in some regions and limited amounts in other regions. Suburban sprawl has put intense pressure on local water supplies. The millions of acres of perfectly manicured green lawns and millions of backyard “cement ponds” require vast quantities of water to retain that glorious green hue. The Ipswich River near Boston now "runs dry about every other year or so," according to Sandra Postel, director of the Global Water Policy Project. "Why? Heavy pumping of groundwater for irrigation of big green lawns." In drought years like 1999 or 2003, Maryland, Virginia and the District have begun to fight over the Potomac -- on hot summer days combining to suck up 85 percent of the river's flow. With 67 million more people expected to inhabit the United States by 2030, these water shortages will only become more severe.

Complete article-: http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article13046.html
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whaa.. is this 1975?? Did I fall down a wormhole cmon.

Did you know 70% of the planet is..water.

Waiting for the post on the coming Ice Age.

seriously can but a ban on the TEOTWAWKI posts
 
1978 Thomas Malthus claimed peek population of course he was proven wrong by the spectacular growth of civilization. His essay on the principle of population lacked accounting for advances in technology and science.

oh wait I for got this time it's different


water evaporating into the air is recycled back through rain

water soaking into the ground as in golf courses end up in the water table
 
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