Water Wars = Domino Effect?
A multitude of factors are coming into play for a global breakdown of society: water, food, oil, terrorism, global warming…
Because for most of us water is a plentiful and cheap resource, it is easy to ignore how perilous our situation has become. Egypt is one place that highlights the situation…
Egypt is 95% desert, and what keeps it alive is the Nile river. The Nile is sourced in other countries – poor countries that could use the water themselves, like Ethiopia. For a long time, via agreements and threats of violence, Egypt has maintained its domination of the Nile. But now we have the other, poorer countries standing up for their water rights. Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Kenya and Rwanda have decided to take more of the water sourced from their countries – which means less for Egypt.
We might have a serious situation arising, and this is just one location. The whole planet will soon be feeling the pinch. Hopefully, if we have water wars, they are not combined with food wars, oil wars and religious wars. Too many parallel wars could cause 2012 to be catastrophic.
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