Water Futures to Start Trading Amid Growing Fears of Scarcity

[Aero Denezol]

There are too many people already.

 

[Lazyfaire]

I find this idea to create a futures system involving water. I see that evolving into an "I own the water and you can't have any" 'theology'. What happens when a life necessity is 'owned' by a select few? The price of it will rise.

Water is the single most important substance on the earth. You want to improve impoverished areas of the planet?. Concentrate on creating fresh water supplies for their peoples/tribes. It will improve their diets, health and life longevity. Totally disagree with this idea.

Change my mind!

 

[Certaindeaf]

I do not need water as long as I have primers.

You can be carried across water if you have primers.. take that, Jesus!

 

[Mikej]

We're all going to die.

 

[Aero Denezol]

We're all going to die.

eventually, yes

 

[The Heretic]

There are too many people already.

Even if Thanos snapped his fingers, there would still be too many people IMO. When I was a kid, there was about half as many people as there is now.

 

[The Heretic]

I find this idea to create a futures system involving water. I see that evolving into an "I own the water and you can't have any" 'theology'. What happens when a life necessity is 'owned' by a select few? The price of it will rise.

Water is the single most important substance on the earth. You want to improve impoverished areas of the planet?. Concentrate on creating fresh water supplies for their peoples/tribes. It will improve their diets, health and life longevity. Totally disagree with this idea.

Change my mind!

Water is a shared resource.

Currently, too much is wasted unnecessarily.

It needs to be managed.

 

[Lazyfaire]

Water is a shared resource.

Currently, too much is wasted unnecessarily.

It needs to be managed.

I do not disagree with you but you say managed and I said it shouldn't be owned (by the wealthy, to put a finer point on it)

 

[Mikej]

Save your pee!

 

[The Heretic]

I do not disagree with you but you say managed and I said it shouldn't be owned (by the wealthy, to put a finer point on it)

Unfortunately, the wealthy more or less "own" the government, and it is the government that would manage it.

 

[therealhitman]

Save your pee!

Well OK, but I drank a LOT of coffee this morning. I'll hold it as long as I can bro.

 

[Mikej]

Well OK, but I drank a LOT of coffee this morning. I'll hold it as long as I can bro.

No, I mean save it in containers to use later. Is water ever, really, gone?

 

[The Heretic]

No, I mean save it in containers to use later. Is water ever, really, gone?

If it becomes polluted - yes, it may not be recoverable.

Also, whether it can be used in a given region depends on whether the aquifer is depleted and weather. Generally, a LOT of water used for agriculture comes from wells, which tap into aquifers underground. These aquifers are often huge and cover a large area. A lot of aquifers are being drained much faster than they can be replenished. Most aquifers take hundreds, often thousands of years to be replenished.

More than one civilization has fallen because they used up their natural resources, especially water.

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[Ura-Ki]

So, the movie "Tank Girl" is actually based in truth, who knew!

 

[Mathias]

Wait...what???
We were just told that the glaciers were all melting and we were all supposed to be underwater really, really soon!!
Good God.... ya just gotta love "experts",

So, I guess now we can expect the Dems to announce their "WET NEW DEAL" ?

4 words...."desalianation plants"

 

[Provincial]

There are too many people already.

But if you try to do something about it, people get pushed out of shape!

 

[Provincial]

On the idea of owning water: look up "water culture" online. A Water Culture is one where water is not readily accessible, and the only sources are controlled by a small segment of the population. They are incredibly stable because if you displease those in power, you get no water. And die.

 

[The Heretic]

4 words...."desalianation plants"

To this day, impractical for the most part - unless you are desperate and have lots of excess power, and only then for personal use water, not agriculture.

Maybe someday.

 

[Lazyfaire]

On the idea of owning water: look up "water culture" online. A Water Culture is one where water is not readily accessible, and the only sources are controlled by a small segment of the population. They are incredibly stable because if you displease those in power, you get no water. And die.

You make my point

 

[The Heretic]

But if you try to do something about it, people get pushed out of shape!

What can be done? Mandatory sterilization? Penalties for have more kids than one?

I think the main thing that would not infringe on our rights would be to stop subsidizing producing kids - i.e., no tax deductions or subsidies for minor dependents. That is not politically feasible, but more feasible than sterilization or penalties.