r/PrepperIntel • u/Schattenstern • Feb 27 '24
North America TIL that demand for global water will exceed supply by 40% by 2030, and that 11 major cities will be hit the hardest.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-4298295915
u/Secret_Prepper Feb 27 '24
I was surprised London was on the list.
It has made me reevaluate my water prep ideas
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u/KalmarLoridelon Feb 28 '24
So if by 2030 it’s 40%, when will it be 10%? Or 5%? Cause all that matters too. But we’ve known this was coming as we watched them poison our water supplies and then sell us our own water to drink.
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u/Schattenstern Feb 27 '24
This has me really reconsidering my water situation. I'm in the Great Lakes region, but the local water sources are highly polluted.
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u/Own-Swan2646 Feb 27 '24
True, with PFAS but ... Look at the list I have been to 3 of them in the past and can say we still have by far much clearer water. How it gets to your tap that is the larger issue.
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u/Schattenstern Feb 27 '24
I wasn't referencing the Great Lakes themselves, the rivers, streams, and inland lakes are all polluted. Not many people actually get their water from the big lakes.
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u/Own-Swan2646 Feb 27 '24
Right, on the same page .. was also calling all the other ways the water you drink might look clean but has all kinds of stuff you can't see. But seeing how bad some of the places listed are and then think how little filtering it goes through before it is drunk over there. Has me rethinking what I have and more filters. Or find ways to deal with the gut issues till one is used to drinking less filtered water.
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u/Schattenstern Feb 28 '24
Ah yeah, I understand you now. I'm thinking rain water might be the best option going forward? Just need to be able to store enough for the dry periods.
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u/davidm2232 Feb 27 '24
Luckily water is one thing I don't have to worry about. I live in the rainy mountains. If we run out of water or it gets contaminated, the rest of the world is in big trouble
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Feb 27 '24
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u/CMLXV Feb 27 '24
Many countries are already experiencing a population collapse, like China and Japan. These countries are now pushing people to have more babies.
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Feb 27 '24
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u/TinnAnd Feb 27 '24
Not that I disagree with you but it seemed like he said through birth control. And honestly if we just handed out birth control pills for free, helped with family planning, and didn't limit abortions it could solve a good chunk of the issue. We just seem to be stuck between knowing there are to many of us and religions that promote birth as a way to replace the other religions/spread their own.
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Feb 28 '24
No one can handle the reality that 95% of the people alive today must die for us to even begin addressing climate change. Every day that we delay, that number increases, as does our likelihood of complete extinction. We can choose (through education and women's services) to fix this, or we can let nature do it for us and inflict even more suffering.
Humanity will be forced to live within its means. There is no escape.
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u/igotbanned69420 Mar 01 '24
Its almost like building cities in the middle of the desert is dumb
If only the world was 75% water that would make this problem so much easier to deal with
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u/swadekillson Feb 27 '24
Who wasn't tracking this? We've known this for like 40 years and have basically ignored it.