Resource Wars
The next world conflict will be over two primary resources, water and energy. We are already seeing the initial battles right here in the US. Over time the conflicts will start to escalate between countries, between the haves and the have nots. Strong countries will start out paying for resources, but when the price gets too high, they will simply just take it from the weak countries that have it. And the weak countries will not have a fighting chance of acquiring the same resources if they don't already have them. They will only survive by trying to take if from those that have it. If they can't take it, they will simply go out of existence. People fight to survive, and with so many people without water or energy, the urge to fight will be strong. The future of the world depends upon our ability to solve the problem of limited resources by an ever expanding world population. Is a 2050 world population of 9 billion really sustainable? War and famine will bring the world back into balance.
