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December 29, 2004
Christian Science Monitor: World on the Verge of Water Cartel
"Forget OPEC. The next cartel may export drinking water." says Mark Clayton of the The Christian Science Monitor. An entrepreneur, Terry Spragg, is apparently filling ocean-going bags full of clean water for sale to water-poor nations. According to the article " If that seems far-fetched, consider that less than 2.5 percent of the world's water is fresh. That vital resource is threatened by pollution, waterborne disease, and shifts in rain patterns caused by global warming, recent studies show. All of which, in some eyes, leaves the world on the verge of a scramble by private companies and countries vying for rights to available water." Interesting and scary stuff.
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Posted by Stephen Betheil at December 29, 2004 05:00 PM
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