RE: In 20 years, water demand will exceed supply by 40 percent
First of all, the pretense of this "new" catastrophe as a result of the "Global Warming/Climate Change" based on the East Anglia hoax is getting a little worn. Is the "Carbon Credits" money making potential waning? So what will it be now, "water credits," bought from another set of poor third world countries? In the US the eco-terrorists' reign has been breaching water sequestering dams claiming that fish have exclusive rights to the water and that will continue. Claims of impending water shortage and droughts seems to contradict claims of increased typhoons killing tens of thousands.
The only valid discussion is about weather, not further investment in the proven bogus "Global Warming" theory. Judging by the "Warmists" claim that the oceans are rising and are going to drown us all, it doesn't seem the planet is going to have this water shortage in the near future. But, it is clear that every solution that inventive mankind will offer for this impending "water shortage" which would might entail extracting fresh water from the sea or pipe near-coastal freshwater from river mouths, will be met with another "destroying the environment" or "killing the fish" claims.
Don't know why there is claimed concern about deaths of people due to "global warming caused increase in tropical storms!" Isn't the object, as touted by all the eco-terrorists, to reduce the world population and "devolve" us to a pre-industrial- revolution level of civilization?
With the current influence of these eco-terrorists we will be starving to death long before a "natural" drought occurs. A drive down the central valley of California will show you were we are going, but artificially caused by eco-terrorist influenced politicians and judges, not by an over exploited water supply.
Cries of oil shortage, global cooling, global warming, drought and water over-use are not aimed at recognizing or implementing pro-growth solutions. The intent appears to be one of terrorizing and demands of limitation of the human species and created guilt with tear-streaked faces whimpering "we are destroying the planet," and "we have no right to exploit Mother Gaia!" May be the reason we are graduating so few engineers these days is they see little value in their ability to solve problems. Whatever their solution, it will be rejected by some influential eco-terrorist group.