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Originally Posted by HotHotHeat
It's been said 100 times, but water is the oil of the next century. It's scary to think the single most required aspect of life on this planet is going to become a tradable commodity. The most amazing part right now is how quietly the corporate world is preparing itself to take over the watersheds of North America and elsewhere.
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I call BS on this. Water is the ultimate renewable resource. All you have to do is throw energy at polluted water and you can distill perfectly clean water. You can also make water out of hydrogen and oxygen, and we have lots of that.
Energy remains the more important of the two resources because its scarcer. If I have abundant energy, I can easily make clean water. If I have a lot of clean water, well, I have a lot of water.
Furthermore, if I have abundant energy, I can trade it at a premium for your puddle of water, or I can use that energy and take it by force as needed. I can also use energy to move water over great distances, so that I can get my water from anywhere, and deliver it anywhere. Energy trumps this debate hands down.