Do you agree that Water is indeed the Blue Gold...?

I agree, I live in the u.k and few last July we were hit by terrible flooding our Water treatment centre flooded hich meant we had no water for 10 days, during that time I witnessed things that were truly horrible, people fighting in shops over bottled Water , so much so that armed police were bought in to deal with it. The army were deployed to get water to the homes, those who were able had to get to a water point to fill up cars with water and others had it delivered, Water bowsers were put on every street, but some lowlifes were contaminating them with washing up liquid, some were even under guard as people were fighting over the bowsers. We really had to think before we used water, that meant for washing, cooking, flushing the loo, drinking. My friend who has 4 boys made them pee behind the shed so she didnt have to flush the loo!!! We all had paddling pools set up in the gardens to catch rain to use for toilets etc... At the same time though our community got stronger, I had people knock on my door to ask if I had enough as I had small children, these people have lived by me for 6 yrs and we never spoke before, people struck up conversations at the water bowsers, we even set up a webpage dedicated to giving away unwanted furniture to flood victims. Those 10 days without water were very very hard as were the 10 days after catching up on washing etc.. but on the whole I was actually sorry to see the bowsers go as they did restore your faith in human nature and gave a sense of comminity.. I really think we take water for granted and yes civilisation would definatly come to an end without it!!!

Oh yes I agree with you. You can't drink oil when your thirsty and corn doesn't grow without water.

We almost had the first "water war" between Turkey and Iraq when 10 years ago Turkey planed to dam the Euphrates River for a huge irrigation project in SW Turkey.

Of course another war got in the way. Rumors have the Kurds would like to buy a few black market nukes if the Turks continue to cut off the flow of the Euphrates.

Our civilization began because of water.

The first four great civilizations evolved around rivers:

Egypt - the Nile

China - The Yellow River

India - the Indus River Valley

Mesopotamia - Tigris&Euphrates

In the near future, there'll be wars over water especially in the Middle East. It's a growing issue of concern.

No, water is much more important than gold. A lack of water can lead to starvation and economic collapse. A lack of Gold just results in more expensive jewelry.

Without the Black gold, it might get crazy for a while, but we would adapt and survive,

Solar powered cars , with dynamos on the wheels already exist, they can almost charge themselves as your drive around.

But in the next few decades we could see wars over , fresh water, certainly wars over Land and food as sea levels rise

Well obviously what you said is true. We need water to sustain life. I read an article a few years back that said in fifty years the wars in the Middle east will not be fought over oil, but water. Once we discover a realistic renewable fuel, I think that it will become less speculation and more reality.

jmo

Absolutely. Without water nobody would be alive! It could become even more valuable as a fuel in the future too as scientists have discovered a way to light it on fire with radio waves!

blue gold is more important than black gold...we lived without this black gold in the old days, but not with out the blue gold..gotta have it to survive

I like to think of Gold as the Gold Gold.

Of course . Without water there is no life.