water--the cause of future wars

I'm probably too old to witness the wars but I have to think about my children and grand children. The only company that I'm aware of that builds the desalnation plants is General Electric but I feel sure there are others. Water will become the most precious commodity on Earth and everybody has to have it to sustain life. Just in the past two weeks, I read where there has been a significant increase of some matter in the ocean which is threathening sea life.

We are seeing a rapid pounce on 'water from air' technology development by businesses. As we live in a capitalist society, the guy who can make a cost effective machine will make an absolute killing. * There is a lot of water in the Earth's air. Anyone who has spent time in Florida knows how humid it can get over there. * Even in dry climates, there is enough water in the air to make water. There are prototypes of 'water from air' makers in Iraq because lugging water is a pain in the back for solders. A prototype Humvee will supply water to troops -- by pulling it out of the vehicle's diesel exhaust. * http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2004/09/65035 * I seriously don't think we are going to roll over and just die. Hardship is the mother of invention.

I agree with you! When fresh water become very scare,its price will be very high,and the merchant who run after high profit will find new substitute to replace fresh water or find new method to produce it! Take oil for example,as its price is very high,now many enterprise is researching and developing bio-diesel,as the result,the feed of pig became expensive,and the price of pork become very high!

Unfortuneately it's true.

Man is an animal with a brain... But when it reverts to his basic instincts... he does not use his brain... he acts like an animal. His basic instincts are stronger than his brain. Because everything we learn is artificial... not real. All laws are artificial. Only the law of the jungle is real. It is called "survival". You are never going to abolish wars... because man is territorial... like all other animals. Man only goes to war for money. He would only go to war for food if there was food to be found. There won't be any if it comes to that stage.

I don't agree with you! Human is different from annimal! He/she can think, so through education and comunication ,human can abolish war,just as Abreham Lincon abolish the slavery!

As water becomes scarcer and land suitable for crop-growing becomes harder to find, we will grow crops differently. Right now, we don't see them as frequently as we will soon. They are out there, and a grass roots movement is growing. I will give you an example. * Hydroponics is the science of growing plants with out soil, using water to nourish the plants directly. The plants need less water than when using soil growing methods. * As we type, hydroponics methods are becoming more cost effective and efficient. It is one idea for growing crops in a city with very little land. When you take the sun and the soil out of the equation, you can grow food literally anywhere, including off the planet. Hyper officiant lighting, solar power, and renewable energy sources are being forced into more affordable packages due to our current situation. * One idea for city hydroponic farming: * http://www.verticalfarm.com/ * Before you say this isn't possible, this is just ONE concept idea out of many, and as things crunch down, concept ideas will explode, then will take off like the proverbial rocket. * Another website full of ideas that are hatching... http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/04/05/skyscraper-farming-farming-reaches-to-the-sky/ * This is a project that is growing veggies and ideas in New York City. http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/09/12/the-science-barge-making-waves-in-urban-agriculture/ * London has rooftops that are sprouting edibles, as does many Asian countries. The sproutable roofs are also spreading... http://www.inhabitat.com/2006/01/05/roof-top-farming-in-london/ * Tokyo Japan's taking agriculture ideas down below the ground. http://www.inhabitat.com/2005/06/21/urban-underground-agriculture/ * Hydroponics is even turning up in home kitchens. The average home can have a hydroponic garden for under $200 out of the box including seeds, fertilizer, and special lights. * http://www.aerogrow.com/ *

I hope that you're right and enough people get involved to make a difference. What's so disappointing is things like I recently read in Readers Digest. A family has spent over $100,000.00 of their own money to build a boat to pick up litter on a waterway in Florida trying to bring it back to the pristine condition it use to be when they were much younger. Each trip they make along this waterway they pick up tons of litter, paper,glass bottles tires,old appliances ect. Now, it's wonderful that this family is doing this, what I'm talking about is why do people keep dumping this litter into the water and along the banks????????????

If, and thats a big IF, countries would start addressing the problem very soon, we may postpone war for a long time. A lots depends on how fast our population grows, the water needed to maintain livestock for food, water for irrigation to feed ourselves and livestock, rainfall,unforeseen major events ect.

Never to the extent that I'm referring to.