This chapter out of Plan B 4.0 is extremely interesting and unbelievable. It is unimaginable to learn all of the things about our depleting water supply around the world and even here in the United States. In Parts of Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas the water table has dropped by more than 100 ft. Just seeing that happen so close to home can really shock you. In parts of the middle east they share portions of water tables and this conflict is predicted to start wars between neighboring countries. This is going to be caused by the increase in population which causes an increase in demand for water. Water is going to be a very very valuable resource to everyone around the world.
Not only are there starting to be battles between countries for water but there are starting to be battle within countries for water. This is because the amount of water it takes to make the food we eat. It takes about 100o tons of water to grow 1 ton of wheat. And even the amount of corn it takes to create 25 gallons of corn based ethanol could feed a person for an entire year.
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