In the discussion of the global food emergency, one underlying factor is barely mentioned: The world is running out of water. A British science writer, who authored a major book on water resources, here explores the nexus between water overconsumption and current food shortages. by fred pearce
Yale.edu - for full article.
This is a really useful article that highlights how we overlook some of the most concerning problems of our time until they hit us right between the eyes. So many of us don’t even give a second thought to where our water comes from and how it will be replenished in these days of wether and climate change. Just on the small island I live on we are confronted with this problem every summer and we seem to be getting less rain every winter, and yet people still engage in the same old habits that they have used for years, wasting water washing their cars, washing their paths and even the road fronts to get rid of the dust – but where do they think the water will keep on coming from once the last reservoir runs dry??
Do you know that it uses between 50-150 litres of water just to wash a car? Ouch – we need to wake up and start conserving the precious resources that we have..
