I read an article yesterday, it was talking about how much resources we have left. I will tell you what the article said was startling. Running out of oil, and coal, yeah that is an issue, but the one that stood out to me the most, was fresh water. The article stated that we may only have about 12 years of fresh water left. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/mark...tanntp#image=1 I think it mentioned something like 1/2 the world will be out of fresh water by 2030.
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/2017...of-fresh-water
(I dont know the validity of that article, feel free to vet it till the cows come home. I am going to give my opinions on a what if.)
So let's say that the experts say we have 12 years left of fresh water. That does not count for pollution, and the waters that we render undrinkable in the mean time. It really could be less than 12 years when you take into account de-regulation and the plundering of resources. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.37e8643ff710
If we were to run out of fresh water we would not be able to water our crops, you could say goodbye to steak, pork, and chicken. We would die. There would be mass starvation. At first there would be water migration, and places like California, Nevada, Colorado, and Arizona, would all become ghost towns. Many people would die. The only places that would have water would be like Montana, Washington state, and Canada for a while. I mean this is deadly serious if it is true. We would have water wars, and not in the far off future either. https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2734/n...al-freshwater/
https://www.nasa.gov/content/esd-fre...r-availability
We need to be working on desalinating right now. We can't wait till we have 6 months, or 1 year left of water to start building, and perfecting the plants. This is a matter of world, or national security, call it what you want, but it is a real life emergency. We need to start working on the plants now, and start building pipeline infrastructure that will transport the water.
We also need to consider trying to reduce our pollution because we are going to be consuming that pollution. If the ocean water is killing sea life, it will kill us too.
Even as a small child I knew that one day we could run out of water. It is something that even a child can know about. I remember my mother used to de thaw chickens in the sink from the freezer. She would just put it under the tap and turn it on. I would be looking at that water and thinking there will be one day when we will wish for every last drop of that water. I could see how we were wasting a precious resource that we one day may not have.
We have really dropped the ball when it comes to taking care of the planet that gives us life. Here is another interesting article on resources. I will just link it if anyone is interested in further reading. https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/...research.waste