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Berkshire Hathaway   Subject:  Re: OT: Global Water shortage.
Date:  4/16/2013  2:02 PM Author:  DrtThrwingMonkey Number: 
200965 of 206986  This is new topic for me, so "I have nothing
to add" about global water shortages.  Perhaps there are others
who do have something to add?  A few facts and a few of my
opinions:  There is no global water shortage - there is exactly
the same amount of water now as there has been for centuries,
maybe a little more recently as some of the ice caps thaw.
There are local or regional water shortages, particularly in
places where there are a lot more people (Israel, Arizona,
Australia, etc.) or where some industry is using a lot more
water (California, for instance) or in particular geographies
like islands, or places where deserts have advanced (northern
Africa).  Almost all the world's water is accessible to
countries with large populations, but it has the major problem
of having salt in it. But nowadays, you can m