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The World Is Running Out of Water ... Again
Climate, food pressures require rethink on water: U.N. ...The world's water supply is being strained by climate change and the growing food, energy and sanitary needs of a fast- growing population, according to a United Nations study that calls for a radical rethink of policies to manage competing claims. "Freshwater is not being used sustainably," UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova said in a statement. "Accurate information remains disparate, and management is fragmented ... the future is increasingly uncertain and risks are set to deepen." It says that demand from agriculture, which already sucks up around 70 percent of freshwater used globally, is likely to rise by at least 19 percent by 2050 as the world's population swells an estimated 2 billion people to 9 billion. – Reuters
Dominant Social Theme: Let's just kill ourselves now. We've got almost nothing and whatever we do have is just going away.
Free-Market Analysis: Another day, another elite scarcity meme. Once you know how the elites are operating, it becomes almost ludicrously easy to spot the propaganda.
We do it all the time ... as a kind of public service, though goodness knows there are plenty of others within the alternative media – an even outside of it – that can do the same thing.
But it is our brief. What we are dedicated to reporting. We just pointed out a "rare earth" scam the other day, and we've regularly pointed out the nonsense regarding the "Peak Oil" dominant social theme. When it comes to water scarcity themes, you can see one of our articles here: Water Scarcity Promotion Begins?
The mechanism itself is drearily familiar by now. The UN – perhaps the most monstrously corrupt institution in the world – musters spokespeople to declaim on this, that or the other "crisis." Then a "forum" is announced. attended by big thinkers from around the world. In this case, the world's imminent lack of water will be "debated at the World Water Forum, which starts in the French city of Marseille on Monday."
Sheesh. We didn't even know there WAS a World Water Forum. And why bother to debate it? We know what the outcome will be. The "nations of the world" shall solemnly agree about this crisis and authorize the UN to "do something " about it.
This is a bit like authorizing a stone to compete in a marathon, but never mind. The press releases shall go out, the articles shall be distributed. People shall be informed that they have yet one more thing to worry about. And that the UN ... is on the case! Thank goodness. Here's some more from the Reuters article, excerpted above:
A "silent revolution" has taken place underground, the report warns, as the amount of water sucked from below the surface has tripled in the past 50 years, removing a buffer against drought. And just as demand increases, supply in many regions is likely to shrink because of changed rainfall patterns, greater droughts, melting glaciers and altered river flows, it says.
"Climate change will drastically affect food production in South Asia and Southern Africa between now and 2030," the report says. "By 2070, water stress will also be felt in central and southern Europe."
Asia is home to 60 percent of the world's population but only around a third of water resources, it points out. A separate water study by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) released last week forecast world water demand would rise by 55 percent by 2050, with more than 40 percent of the global population likely to live in water basins facing water stress.
Are you scared yet? The UN is nothing if not consistent. You are scheduled to die in the dark of starvation and dehydration. This is your future. There is no option unless the big brains at the UN figure out a way to save you.
And thank goodness for them! The article informs us that, "With limited supply, policymakers will have to better manage the competing demands of farmers, energy producers and humans demanding drinking water and sanitation."
Thank goodness for the bureaucrats. They are on the case, or getting there anyway. Their absence has made things difficult. "The lack of interaction between the diverse communities of users, decision makers and isolated water managers has caused serious degradation of the water resource."
We didn't realize this! The problem is not water per se but COORDINATION between "users and decision makers." So ... even if you FIND water, apparently you won't know how to drink it without the help of a "water manager." This is what the power elites think of you.
For make no mistake, all of these scarcity memes are likely organized by a tiny cabal of elite families (so it seems) that want to run the world via global governance. These scarcity memes are designed to frighten middle classes into giving up power and wealth to global utilities like the UN. Their hugely capitalized, dedicated (propagandistic) facilities such as Tavistock churn them out.
Yes, it's OBVIOUSLY propaganda. One reason we know is that it is always absurdly easy to find countervailing trends. It took us about a minute of Internet searching to find this recent PR.com press release: "Desalination Set to Become an Integral Part of South Africa's Water Resources Says TechSci Research." Here's an excerpt:
According to a recently published report by TechSci Research "South Africa Desalination Market Forecast & Opportunities, 2017" South Africa water desalination market is all set to grow at CAGR of 28% for next five years. Recent developments in the market are taking place in the form of new plants being set up by the municipalities and this trend will follow for a long time as the Desalination market in South Africa is still a niche market. Moreover the technological advances in the Desalination industry is forecasted to give a much awaited thrust to this market in South Africa.
"South Africa desalination market is at its nascent stage where the government has recently started encouraging it for meeting fresh water demand in the country. It is forecasted that number of plants in South Africa will triple by 2017," said Karan Chechi, Research Director at TechSci Research a global research based management consulting firm.
Characterized by periodical and ongoing droughts coupled with the growing water needs of the inhabitants and the other industrial and agricultural consumers, South Africa has very little to further leverage on its existing water resources and more so when they too are limited ...
"South Africa Desalination Market Forecast & Opportunities, 2017" gives a detailed and unprejudiced overview on the Desalination market in South Africa. The report has critically evaluated all the aspects related to water market and helps the reader to get a complete overview on the latest trends and the market potential of the technology of Desalination in South Africa.
Now, we are not claiming that desalinization is the absolute cure for water shortages, such as they may be. The point is that human ingenuity is as boundless as the "problems" that the elites and the UN constantly discover.
As we have often pointed out, Thomas Malthus became aware that Britain was due to starve in the latter 1700s as a result of eroding farm land and exploding population. It never happened, of course. As people discovered there was too little food, they grew more of it.
This is, in fact, one reason why Austrian, free-market economics has been suppressed by the elites in the 20th century and why the mainstream STILL doesn't mention it. The concept of human action, wonderfully presented by Ludwig von Mises, makes us aware that the "human action" of the INDIVIDUAL is the determinant for successful living.
Conclusion: You are NOT dependent on UN bureaucrats – or even on your local government – for your survival. You CAN make your own way, in concert with your family and like-minded individuals. And you'll never find a press release from the UN about THAT.
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Posted by Dilence Sogwood on 03/16/12 11:54 AM
This actually started as a pretty legitimate war-relief effort. There were and are African communities that have their access to clean water restricted by the never-ending agitation of the helpful West.
Guess the UN higher ups needed a new stomping grounds after the Himalayans didn't melt.
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Posted by Pewky on 03/16/12 12:06 PM
Send George Clonney to the rescue!!!!!
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Posted by R on 03/16/12 12:38 PM
And yet another great piece... ..one after the other.
KEEP THEM COMING!!
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Posted by Abu Aardvark on 03/16/12 01:26 PM
Agreed! The elves seem to be on a roll these days ... again. A special reward is overdue. Here it is - the Cover of the current 'Atlantic' magazine:
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No that's no joke. I double-checked it. Here's an even bigger version:
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And here's the article:
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And here's (Zero Hedge's) William Banzai7's take on it:
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Have a good weekend y'all & thanks once more to the DB for the extraordinary job they're doing!!!
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This is great, thanks.
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Posted by SwifterMan on 03/16/12 01:46 PM
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98 percent of the surface of the earth is water, and "reverse osmosis" can make 100 percent pure drinking water out of it !
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The "official" lies grow bigger by the day.
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Posted by Friend_of_John_Galt on 03/16/12 02:11 PM
Well, of course. This meme was first announced as the April 2010 cover story of the propaganda rag, National Geographic magazine. The whole issue (April also is the month where "Earth Day" resides) was devoted to the horrors of the "comming world-wide water shortage."
The usual hyperbole and panic-inducing commentary. I guess the global-warming meme is falling apart.
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Posted by Abu Aardvark on 03/16/12 02:21 PM
"I guess the global-warming meme is falling apart"
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It's all over town, indeed:
'Warmists confirmed as cheats, liars, fakers; Pope still Catholic; etc'
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Posted by Edgar Friendly on 03/16/12 03:19 PM
For anyone who cares; this scenario has already been spelled out in the last James Bond movie "Quantum of Solace" BTW; Quantum is the name of George Soros largest investment group coprporation... WTF! DUH, do ya think the group who produce these James Bond movies might be trying to tell people something? like to see the similarities from daily headlines and current world events; as to main stream media being a dangerous propaganda wing of the angelosphere elite (global elite; Bildebergers, evil satanic fuckers, etc) remember the Pierce Brosnan JB film; "Tommorow Never Dies" ? about the crazed media billionare instigating war for bigger profits of his Carver News Empire???
I've learned everything I need to know about the evil that men do in the march towards global domination from watching James Bond films all my life. Just liscense ME to KILL; and we'll see some REAL progress for humanity. I promise you. BTW, last april George Soros was in Bretton Woods, NH for what was supposed to be a historic SECOND monetary conference, involving many global elites, and world banking types.
There was a small protest there ; I was made aware of the event by these people. I'm sure Georgie Porgie was terrified by all the handmade signs greeting him. Perhaps it registered in his filthy, greedy pig mind that even in the wilds of northern NH ; people knew him for what he is. I tried to get people interested in some protest action; but monday night football, dancing with the stars, and such mindless bread & circuses on the idiot box kept otherwise patriotic Americans from addressing the evil in thier midst.
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Posted by Edgar Friendly on 03/16/12 03:21 PM
For anyone who noticed; this latest globalist meme was given world wide exposure in the last James Bond film "Quantum of Solace" BTW, "quantum Group" is George Soros largest corporate stock trading firm. Coincidence? not likely.
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Posted by Edgar Friendly on 03/16/12 03:27 PM
Every thing I need to know about globalist's lust for dominion on earth I learned from James Bond movies. Angelospere propaganda? Pierce Brosnan's third outing as our master spy, in "Tommorow Never Dies" facing off against the phycho Eliiot Carver who makes the news he reports by creating the terrorism meant to scare the sheeple.
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Posted by philitarian on 03/16/12 03:32 PM
Seriously this is getting funnier by the day.
First it was the KONY garbage, now its time to pull the celebrity-endorsement card:
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Took me five minutes of googling to find out it's run by Center for American Progress..another typical Empire-loving think-tank.
This is getting too easy..
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Posted by JeffC on 03/16/12 04:46 PM
There is the same amount of water, in the world today, that there has always been. It isn't evaporating out into space and that, which we use finds it's way back into the environment. The problem is location. Check out the north of Australlia, right now.
Much of this problem can be solved with desalinization or as SwifterMan noted, reverse osmosis. The rest can be solved with birth control. The earth will only support a fineite number of people. As with the US national debt, the ceiling grows closer.
The elites should be guiddy with this prospect as it adds huge complexity to sourcing and distribution. What better way to control the populace than by controlling their access to water?
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Here we go ... And when will YOU "cap" the earth's population? And how will you go about doing so? So many "Masters of the Universe" ...
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Posted by free on 03/16/12 06:19 PM
The oceans are full of water, there is just a little salt that need to be removed.
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Posted by Ol' Grey Ghost on 03/16/12 06:50 PM
Well, (all puns intended) at least here in the Republic the State Supreme Court decided we landowners own the water under our land as well as the water that lands on it so now we know through the exercise of good private judgment most individuals should be able to take care of themselves.
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Now if I can just do something about that pack of armed men (and women) who think they have a right to take my land if I don't pay them "tribute" once a year...
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Posted by nithsdale on 03/16/12 06:59 PM
Water and Food! Goodness Gracious, how we have transformed both!
What was free for the taking for early man has been made into a product to be sold, by the free market. Elites and givernments did not add flavorings to water, making some water different from others, Food was canned by individuals, and here again the free market changed the process, canning all in a multitude of "clads" and then distributing in an ever widening area. Again not by the elites.
Government got involved because bigger facilities were required as populations grew... . roads, harbors had to be improved, and more people clammored to be served over great areas, even across oceans. The whole massive development required every element in society to be involved, especially as innovations began to change simple directions and distribution into more complex interchanges.
What was once just sustinence for life is now a very interlaced trade of millions of items where once just a dozen or so were required by people to live. Water no longer comes from nature by hand to your mouth but now requires resevoirs, canals, piping, plumbing and taps and with these manmade improvements, comes the need for purifiers, chemicals to assist and to add insult to injury to this simple process, the free market introduces bottles, with lots of health propaganda, to insure the public get the message how to use them!
I won't bother to repeat the mantra of how the food supply was also "expanded", with Man's clever assistances.
The elites did not do all this but millions of smart people did. We also made water and food part of the new production of everything... .. clothing,building, metalcrafting, refining food and nature's many geological treasures and each time we increased the usage of both, we had to scramble for more supplies as prodution and industry grew!
It is the gross, crass appetite of people like us, including economists like you, that have put so many in a bind now. We have taken what was the simple life and made it so complex that we must turn to some who think they can help us sort out what we must have from what we can't have to continue.
When catastrophe happens, like to Japan last year, and this year, no one can turn to "free markets" when millions must be helped. It takes the concerted efforts of all. The free market does not work in such a meme. There are too many among us who would stand by, critique, and wait for others to do the job!
Collapse is nature's answer to Man's wont to make life so complex that most cannot fend for themselves. This is why no civilization lives very long. Those who insist that they can go it alone are the first to expire.
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Posted by Ol' Grey Ghost on 03/16/12 07:36 PM
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and since what is postulated is only an opinion then it cannot be wrong but it can be faulty if it is based on a false premise. Your whole diatribe against the Free-market falls apart because you start with a false premise:
"What was free for the taking for early man has been made into a product to be sold, by the free market."
It was not then nor is it now "free for the taking." One has to work to obtain it and those who work to bring it to you are due their wages for their labor. This is the beginning of the Free-market through the development of the earliest professions: Resource Collector, Transporter, Producer, Protector, Merchandiser.
"There are too many among us who would stand by, critique, and wait for others to do the job!"
Yes there is and, for the foreseeable future, there always will be. We call these people, "government"...
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Yes - never free for the taking. EVERYTHING is transformed by labor. Even picking berries from a bush transforms a berry from blossom to breakfast. But don't get in the way of one of Nithsdale's snarky rants. If you make him think too much he'll get a headache ...
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Posted by taxesbyanyothername on 03/16/12 08:38 PM
The title off to the side really sets it off. "A World Without People" Are they giving us a hint?
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Posted by I<3Liberty on 03/16/12 08:39 PM
Great article DB!
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Posted by seer on 03/16/12 09:33 PM
Perhaps the DB should allow a 0 rating as their argument is so absurd.
The Ogallala Aquifer, also known as the High Plains Aquifer, is a vast yet shallow underground water table aquifer located beneath the Great Plains in the United States. One of the world's largest aquifers, it covers an area of approximately 174,000 mi² (450,000 km²) in portions of the eight states of South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas. It was named in 1898 by N.H. Darton from its type locality near the town of Ogallala, Nebraska.[1]
About 27 percent of the irrigated land in the United States overlies this aquifer system, which yields about 30 percent of the nation's ground water used for irrigation. In addition, the aquifer system provides drinking water to 82 percent of the people who live within the aquifer boundary.[2]
GUESS WHAT? This aquifer is being consumed much faster than it can be replenished. Climate change is a REALITY. The Great Pyramids of Giza once were very close to the Nile River and the climate supported agriculture-not the desert we see now. Desalinization takes a lot of energy (reverse osmosis) in commercial applications. The population needs to stop reproducing like rabbits. You speak of England not starving but fail to speak about the incredible loss of life during the Irish Potato famine? Our oil based fertilizers allow crops to be grown devoid of nutrition. There are 72 trace minerals and typically NPK is replace every year while the rest of the soil becomes depleted of ht e remaining nutrients. Your last line reminds me of the new National Geographic show on families preparing for the near distant collapse of society. This in my opinion is one of your worst articles- a new low. Congratulations and still no real proof of a one world conspiracy.
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You speak of England not starving but fail to speak about the incredible loss of life during the Irish Potato famine?
This is the problem with you, Seer. In your zeal to debunk every DB article at every turn, you often reveal economic and historical ignorance. In this case, it apparently never occurred to you that maybe the Crown and the City of London had something to do with the "potato famine." That left to their own devices, the Irish would have figured out a way to eat. That maybe they couldn't because of "larger forces?" that were intent on pushing a famine. D'you think it possible? Or do you think the Irish simply sat in their "huts" and dumbly starved. Read some history. Real history.
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Posted by runderwo on 03/16/12 10:27 PM
How Engineering the Human Body Could Combat Climate Change
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From drugs to help you avoid eating meat to genetically engineered cat-like eyes to reduce the need for lighting, a wild interview about changes humans could make to themselves to battle climate change.
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