Guys: The problem wont be about food, land, or exhaust from more people's cars. The problem will be water. Did you know only 3% of the world's water is fresh? Though we can turn saltwater into freshwater, you need to burn oil. And, if you count Global Warming as a problem, (a little problem that I think it is) then that's no good. In Africa, India, and formally even Bolivia, water has been privatised. There are too many people their having to drink poluted water because they cannot find or afford clean water. A bottle of water on average is $1.50, but you could get it from the tap for only $0.0005. In the future there wont be any water left, partly because we're drinking it all, partly because water wont be able to get back into the ground because of all the pavement. Instead of the water running into the soil, and then the ocean, the roads force it all just back into the ocean. It is predicted in the future, if we do not work together, (like many of Earth's problems, we need to work together) then forget the wars on Oil. Wars on water instead. Sound pleasant, eh?
as much as i want to disagree with you, you are very correct about certain parts but water is constantly purified by the use of chlorine, unlike many things water is actually constantly recycled, if there was an impending issue to do with water the it would've been noticed by now.
as much as i want to disagree with you, you are very correct about certain parts but water is constantly purified by the use of chlorine, unlike many things water is actually constantly recycled, if there was an impending issue to do with water the it would've been noticed by now.
I can't give you any nice link or reasoning behind what I'm going to say, but it's true that clean drinking water is already a luxury around the world.
@Roccess Food for example is definitely a problem too, not necessarily because there is not enough but because it's not evenly distributed. Water is just one more problem.
I can't give you any nice link or reasoning behind what I'm going to say, but it's true that clean drinking water is already a luxury around the world.
of course it's a luxury but it's not on the same scale as food or fuel or space.
of course it's a luxury but it's not on the same scale as food or fuel or space.
13.1 percent, or almost 1 in 7 people are hungry. this is 925 million hungry people in the world. (source:worldhunger.org)
more that 1 in 6 people lack safe drinking water. this is more then 1 billion people. (source: drinking-water.org)(BBC says 1 in 5 people have no clean water )
fuel: 5% of the world population uses 23% of the worlds energy space: it's not space we need, all 7 billion people on this earth could fit into los angels (L.A.) alone. (source: national geographic)
conclusion: water shortage is on the same if not biger scale then hunger. it's on the same level as fuel. and it is waaaayyy bigger then the problem of space.
I seriously doubt that will ever come into fruition, food is hard to get a hold of because you have to for it to grow and such, fuel is basically a finite source unobtainable from anything (wind power and nuclear power, etc. aren't consistent enough to sustain the populace)
Water can be mass produced by electrolysis, purification, distillation, extreme heat (refer to a water cycle for full understanding). water isn't the issue. fuel and food is.
fuel is basically a finite source unobtainable from anything (wind power and nuclear power, etc. aren't consistent enough to sustain the populace)
helium-3 is the answer for the fuel problem
food is hard to get a hold of because you have to for it to grow and such
there is enoufg food on the world. if we just transport it to places where the ground isn't good enoufg. some places on earth people trow away lots of food. if that food got frozen and send to africa instead then they got food and we don't buy to much food keeping more money in our pocket. + + ? also do climate houses exist that controle the climate and so the ground can be used to grow food. only need to build them where they are needed.
Water can be mass produced by electrolysis, purification, distillation, extreme heat (refer to a water cycle for full understanding).
water can be maas produced yes indeed. but then you need to have atleast water around somewhere to start whit. and that is the problem. sure you can transport clean water aswell but that will only be good for a few days maybe a week of 2 or 3.
and beside that. is not every country on the world advanced enoufg to clean water on a massive scale.
water isn't the issue. fuel and food is.
looking at the numbers i say water is a biger problem as food.
1 in 7 for food and 0.9 billion people. 1 in 6 or 5 for water and around the 1.2 billion people.
fuel is on a other level, its more based on demand then on need. some countrys need more fuel then others. while we all need the same amount of food to not be hungry all the time.
fuel is basically a finite source unobtainable from anything (wind power and nuclear power, etc. aren't consistent enough to sustain the populace)
helium-3 is the answer for the fuel problem
food is hard to get a hold of because you have to for it to grow and such
there is enoufg food on the world. if we just transport it to places where the ground isn't good enoufg. some places on earth people trow away lots of food. if that food got frozen and send to africa instead then they got food and we don't buy to much food keeping more money in our pocket. + + ? also do climate houses exist that controle the climate and so the ground can be used to grow food. only need to build them where they are needed.
Water can be mass produced by electrolysis, purification, distillation, extreme heat (refer to a water cycle for full understanding).
water can be maas produced yes indeed. but then you need to have atleast water around somewhere to start whit. and that is the problem. sure you can transport clean water aswell but that will only be good for a few days maybe a week of 2 or 3.
and beside that. is not every country on the world advanced enoufg to clean water on a massive scale.
water isn't the issue. fuel and food is.
looking at the numbers i say water is a biger problem as food.
1 in 7 for food and 0.9 billion people. 1 in 6 or 5 for water and around the 1.2 billion people.
fuel is on a other level, its more based on demand then on need. some countrys need more fuel then others. while we all need the same amount of food to not be hungry all the time.
clearly you have made your points very well but you still fail to understand that if water was such a problem then why isn't the issue under such scrutiny as other necessities, if there was a problem then it would've been discussed over 40 years ago just like fuel reserves were.
Water is just one more problem? Are you kidding me? Without water, there is no life. If you want to die of thirst, be my guest. 7 days without water, your skin turns purple-grey, your lips dissappear, you start crying blood, and your nose shrinks. But, if that's how you want to die, fine with me.
I think you misunderstood him. Water is a problem, but it is just one of the plethora of problems around. What he was trying to say that it isn't going to be considered the foremost of these simply because of the multitude of them. He's not undermining their importance to humans.
you still fail to understand that if water was such a problem then why isn't the issue under such scrutiny as other necessities, if there was a problem then it would've been discussed over 40 years ago just like fuel reserves were.
this problem is already known for that last 10 year or so. so it isn't like we found out about it a week ago.
why wasn't it discussed over 40 years ago? thats because back then we were talking about the fuel. we just saw what was happening whit it. and look at today all the wars for oil. now we see the problem of water.
it's not like we can figure out about all the future problems right away. people need to study it befor they can go public whit their findings. if they say such things while they have no proof for it yet. then people would not believe them. also isn't it smart to bomb the subject in public. then you go like global warming in the usa. 46% of the americans still believe global warming is a hoax --.--' (no i didn't made that number up) al gore totaly used to wrong tactic to tell people about this problem and so people do not believe him.
but let's take a peek in the future:
when human are going to get helium-3 from the moon. then we need to dig in the moon ALOT!!! the problem that we can cause on the moon by doing this is that it get's smaller. wich will become a massive impact on our earth if it happens. lunar scientists are already aware of this problem (so it probably wont happen) but i can asure you that they wont tell that in the media untill it realy becomes a problem. what i talk about now is a future, future problem. there is barely any info about it now and the media has not even yet massively reported that we get a moon base, leave alone a problem that can cause the work there. when it is that time that the media is going to report these problems. i bet people like you will be around saying that it isn't a problem and maybe just a hoax like whit the global warming. and asking why it wasn't reported sooner. so remember this for when that happens
i hope i made it kinda clear why people didn't talk about water shortage 40 year ago and do speak about it now.
i will never consider the world to be to overpopulated until we are all cramped side by side everywhere we go in the world but sure the need for food will rise but i dont see the marketing having problems getting it
when human are going to get helium-3 from the moon
do u know how expensive that would be, it would be astronomical ( a pun maybe?) it would be easier and cheaper to use hydrogen as fuel source and it actually has been put into use, not worldwide because it has to be rigorously tested like all new products and ideas, the by-product of this hydrogen fuel reaction is WATER hence if this fuel source is put into global use water won't run out as hydrogen is extremely abundant and it can easily be reproduced by reacting any acid with any fairly reactive metal (getting a bit too much chemistry here)
so i hope you understand water will not be a problem in the future.
