Is Water The Next Big Commodity?

Shipot, a common source of drinking water in a Ukrainian village. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Usually when the talk shifts to resources where demand outstrips supply, the focus is oil or precious metals. However, there is another resource that is finding its way into these discussions now, too - clean water.
Two-thirds of the Earth's surface is covered by water, but only a fraction of that is potable. While desalinization efforts may help satisfy some of the demand, the increasing population and pollution has made water a very fragile and important resource...  Continue to read.

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