How long will it take for the water wars to begin?
- Thread starter Elim Garak
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It is scary but let's be honest. No one talks about all the water sources companies like Coke and Pepsi own. If things get bad they will be some major gatekeeper. Overall its crazy how local governments will let companies buy a natural resource like water.
Who Not How
Superstar
I read about this yesterday. It's gonna get real by 2030 probably. I can see more people leaving Cali, AZ and Texas due to the drought issues.
I educated myself on the Cali Water Wars in LA back in the day. That shyt was wild. Mulholland was dirty for how he did those people. We might see something like that again.
I also read LA has 30% more people in the last 20 years but they are still using the same amount of water due to the restrictions. Most of the water goes to farming, I believe almond farming is big in Cali.
I educated myself on the Cali Water Wars in LA back in the day. That shyt was wild. Mulholland was dirty for how he did those people. We might see something like that again.
I also read LA has 30% more people in the last 20 years but they are still using the same amount of water due to the restrictions. Most of the water goes to farming, I believe almond farming is big in Cali.
In the next 5 to 10 years
www.cnn.com
California floated cutting major Southwest cities off Colorado River water before touching its agriculture supply, sources say | CNN
The proposal came in a closed-door meeting between states that was focused on achieving unprecedented water cuts to save the Colorado River -- a system that overall provides water and electricity to more than 40 million people in the West -- people familiar with the talks told CNN.
www.cnn.com
Who Not How
Superstar
Toe Jay Simpson
Searchin’
We gonna need Tank Girl and Ice T Kangaroo to come help us in a minute
Not my problem 
DeuceZ
Li pitit gason
I've been meaning to invest in a water ETF. Gonna get serious within the next 5 - 10 yrs i think. Water about to be the new oil. Wouldn't be surprised if Ethiopia and Egypt go at it over the Nile 
Vandelay
Life is absurd. Lean into it.
2030 has been my call for when shyt hits the fan since 2017 or so.
5-8 years.
Nestle winning proactively
Nestle winning proactively
internationally, this already been depressing as hell for a minute 
I’ve been thinking about the Water Wars for a looong time. My teacher in Kindergarten actually told us we would be deciding water rights for cities and states when we reached our mid 20s….that shyt really stuck with me.
Egypt and Ethiopia are already going through it, and I expect a war to be fought over it. I’ve had my eyes on that conflict since it began and I expect it to be in the history books, in the worst way possible.
Fighting over oil has led to intense war and fighting…because it’s a resource we need, but not as in your face essential as WATER. I’m telling you, every time I get really thirsty and grab a bottle of water from a convenience store, I think of how thirsty I am, and how I might feel like that not because I forgot to bring a water bottle with me, but because there’s not enough clean water..and then in my thirst I’d have to fight someone for my water…
If I had money I’d be buying up water rights right now
To have to fight over something like water…it will bring out the absolute worst in humanity.
The only hope is for an energy revolution in the next couple of decades to make desalination sustainable.
I expect things to get really bad in 10-15 years in the US. Internationally, probably 15-20 years, Egypt and Ethiopia probably go to war in 5-10 years.
Egypt and Ethiopia are already going through it, and I expect a war to be fought over it. I’ve had my eyes on that conflict since it began and I expect it to be in the history books, in the worst way possible.
Fighting over oil has led to intense war and fighting…because it’s a resource we need, but not as in your face essential as WATER. I’m telling you, every time I get really thirsty and grab a bottle of water from a convenience store, I think of how thirsty I am, and how I might feel like that not because I forgot to bring a water bottle with me, but because there’s not enough clean water..and then in my thirst I’d have to fight someone for my water…
If I had money I’d be buying up water rights right now
To have to fight over something like water…it will bring out the absolute worst in humanity.
The only hope is for an energy revolution in the next couple of decades to make desalination sustainable.
I expect things to get really bad in 10-15 years in the US. Internationally, probably 15-20 years, Egypt and Ethiopia probably go to war in 5-10 years.
Is a Lack of Water to Blame for the Conflict in Syria?
A 2006 drought pushed Syrian farmers to migrate to urban centers, setting the stage for massive uprisings
www.smithsonianmag.com