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- Опубликовано: 23 авг 2022
- Climate change is causing temperatures to rise. And everyone is consuming more water - whether it’s to make soda, microchips or cattle feed. But our reservoirs are running dry. Investors are buying water rights, prices are going up and farmers are running out of water.
The climate crisis is worsening worldwide. In many countries, increasing drought is threatening not only human survival, but entire ecosystems. Livestock farmers are running out of water. In India, farmers can no longer irrigate their fields. People are fleeing their homes in large numbers.
Who owns water? Will there be more and more conflicts, even wars, over water? What will happen if our water disappears?
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Elon musk laughing like an evil villain when asked about water scarcity fears.
Yes 42 minutes of pure propaganda! We need more of that!... LOL.. We must follow ELSON MUSk's Example and laugh at these delusional, face diaper wearing, pseudo intellectuals. I'm gonna pour out a few Gallons of fresh water on the ground tomorrow just to frighten these superstitious climate Zealots.
He was trying to signal his yes men to join in.
Northern Europe one of the wettest regions on the planet, has a water shortage?? That's why he laughed..!!
@@stewartread4235 Yes, it does.
@@stewartread4235 imagine importing millions of people to puny island and peninsula countries.
What's the native saying? Goes something like "When the last fish has died and the last river has dried up, man will realize it cannot eat money." Or something to that effect.
Yep
I will stop buying Coca-Cola.
We are hitting a tipping point in humanity, aren't we? We can no longer abuse each other and the environment and think there won't be real consequences to us all
Yeah, but every dude in a leadership position that could do something are so old they have even odds of living to see the consequences of a coin toss...
@@1112viggopoliticians aren't the issue, we're voting for them. In a representative democracy YOU and ME have the ultimate responsibility
@@kebabfoto Representative democracy is an oxymoron.
Voting for your favorite dictator who can enact unpopular laws, go back on all his election promises and spend the state budget as stupidly as he wishes with no kind of tangible consequences is NOT how "rule by the people" are supposed to work...
@@1112viggo well, if we're too d**b to get fooled again and again maybe we shouldn't be in a position to vote these people in. Or we could engage ourselves more in the political process, not just talking on the internet. Most people who do get into politics usually have grandiose ideas of what they can accomplish and they suddenly realize that politics is way more complicated than they initially thought.
@@kebabfoto Fooled? How would people being smart change anything in this system? Our choices are limited to two rich old men for the most part... There is no need for all that "engaging" bs. Look at Switzerland. All people have to do is vote on legislation instead of people. You can easily read up on the issues and vote from home, it does not have to be overly complicated and time consuming.
Greed is the key contributor of this water crisis we are in.
Not greed, but too low prices of water.
@@Khneefer Stop passing on false information.
Well said
Has nothing to do with human population growing from 1 billion in 1900, to 8 billion in 2022..
What water crisis are you talking about? The exact same amount of water has been on the earth since the atmosphere was first formed. Water just doesn't disappear. It's consumed, then evaporates up, then falls back down.
Use your brain ;) this is fake news propaganda.
Cant believe the amount of high quality docs we get from DW regularly!
Yes 42 minutes of pure propaganda! We need more of that!... LOL.. We must follow ELSON MUSk's Example and laugh at these delusional, face diaper wearing, pseudo intellectuals. I'm gonna pour out a few Gallons of fresh water on the ground tomorrow just to frighten these superstitious climate Zealots.
Sheep. German gov funded propaganda, such is the case with DW, has a long history of fooling the masses; started in the 1930's.
Yep
Just pinch your self and see if you’re dreaming :)
This is really a dangerous trend. If water is shipped at such large quantity from one location to another in form of bottled drinking water or beverage drink, it creates an imbalance in nature. The water at the source will fail to recycle itself leading to draught in the future.
yep, the water they take out today has probably taken around 20 years to get through the soil to where it is today. That is why it is so pure and valuable. Corporations like coca cola use our ignorance to steal from us what can't be replaced. The same happens all over the planet with coal, water, lumber, lifestock.
Food security is important. There are worrying trends due to this crisis. Adapting to these situations may be more difficult than adopting healthy strategies
Elon’s reaction to the question about water was very condescending and knows very clearly exactly how much water the plant is taking and how it’s affecting the area.
Nobody should ever listen to anything Elon Musk says. Shocking a psychopath laughs like a psychopath and claims water is everywhere!
You still believe Elon to be something?
a typical narcissistic reaction ! that guy simply doesn t care about everybody dying from thirst !
You can't become a multi-billioniare with an ounce of empathy
Elon is a great man who has done many amazing things. That said, he would be better off if he kept his pie hole shut.
Having clean water is a human right. Period. Priority must be given to the people, NOT to corporations. People should be enraged by this. Let’s not allow corporations to continue to plunder the water that is vital to life.
If we don't put an end to this madness now, air will no longer be free in the future.
I have a cistern big enough to keep all my rainwater safely stored on my property and out of the hands of the evil corporations.
tell that to those in Africa
Humans are the only species that think they have some special rights to use the earth's resources. Whatever gave us the right to create billions of humans and use all the resources of the planet?
Shouldn't areas using the water be forced to provide tap drinking water for the people who live there and are affected.
This is such a wonderful, outstanding, and an amazing channel indeed🌹
Fascinating , greatful for sharing this
Kudos to that female reporter asking Elon about the water rights. His was response was incredibly defensive and baseless which means he was most likely taken by surprises. I hope the government takes appropriate actions and restricts businesses responsibly. I feel like we will soon be pumping water cross-country very soon.
He seemed super rude in belittling like wtf 🤬
Elon‘s uncomfortable maniacal laugh is what struck me - All while wearing a black… evil James Bond… suit
@@fern7306 He came across as a wicked man to me. That’s the vibe I got.
@@fern7306 You're absolutely right. We must do everything we can to stop anyone that is actually trying to solve the problem. Germany must preserve it's water for the giant coal strip mines. How can we go on living without the smell of diesel in the air. So what car company do you work for?
Elon MushHead is just a parasite
The correct answer is : The water of the nation belongs to the PEOPLE of that nation. If a corporation wants water, the PEOPLE of that country must approve the use..... not simply the okay of a single official who may be getting bribed !
Well said! Underrated comment.
An official in EU or US may be bribed? Seriously? What about the "democracy"?
@@codered4422 Unfortunately it's a bankster oligarchy, calling itself a democracy !
But how to make this practical?
@@ajmalnoushad7837 The people need to wake up to the Fact that they have elected corrupt scum who do NOT have their best interests in mind.... and remove them from positions of authority !
In America, we have a 2-Party-Dictatorship that is fully controlled by corporations & banksters, and the American people keep foolishly electing these corrupt scum, and wonder why nothing ever changes for the betterment of the People !!
Thank you again DW for ones again educating us with what's going on in the world,it's unfortunate that here in the Us we don't have anybody bringing documentaries to us like you do i e National GeogorPhic. Keep up the hard work and Thank you for keeping us informed
Thanks for watching and for the feedback!
힘들긴 힘든가보다...
The world has .
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That was a condescending reaction by Elon Musk calling concerns about water sustainability ridiculous!
It's NOT ridiculous Mr. Musk, it's responsible!
I wouldn’t be surprised if 💦 water scarcity causes war and conflicts 🤦♂️ 🤷♂️
Just a question if when....
It will, look how water scarcity causes conflict at water holes in the African desrrts
It already does, but not yet in the West....just a matter of time.
It's definitely not an "if" kind of situation. It's inevitable now, we've made it so.
@@alexob1216 and it begs the question, "Is the water in a country the resource of another's?" Do natural resources belong to 1 individual(or group(s)) or everyone? Especially when its essentially the back-bone for all life(with some exceptions). [Rephrasing the last statement as a joke: Especially when its essentially the back-bone for all Capitalism(with some exceptions). Every product ever created needs water to be produced, we need more growth for more profit, prosperity for the individual == use more water to produce...] Bracketed statement is a joke (why blame an idea) we all know if we need a scapegoat the best place to look is the individual(when you can blame a person) self ;) - and like the uroboros, we can go round and round never getting to root of the issue(commenting and commenting and never solving the issue)... lol (at myself)
I pray for peace, and that people would find a way to work together ❤
That phone dropping is such a power move, RESPECT!
We had the same problem with coca cola in Plachimada, Kerala, India. People protested and closed down the factory there. They were taking the spring water from the region. Those people are evil
Nestle is the worst. They go to poor countries and buy up land and bottle the water to sell to them. Former Nestle CEO Peter Brabeck-Letmathe famously said, "Humans have no right to access free water". The man looked like Satan himself. Dude had one of the most sadistic eyes, reminds me of NY gov Hochul.
Who drinks the Coca cola? Executives?
@@martins3885 What? Its problably the most sold drink in the world and its cheap
Ask the kerala gurus.
Don’t drink Coca Cola. Problem solves.
Dear DW team i from india and just sitting home i got huge knowledge from your channel thanks from me and my country 👍
Incredinbly Heartbreaking and infuriating how greedy man can be..
🙏
Yes , you are Right
People come up with excellent ideas on water production, but no one is willing to fund it unless they can own all the rights.
Some Rich people will never care for nature or poor people
Yup
Some poor people too
Ya prolly need to take a walk around the South Side of Chicago and observe how the poor treat the poor. Or really just go anywhere there's more than a few poor folks milling around. If they're not killing each other with street drugs, they're capping each other during gang rumbles - or just for the hell of it sometimes. Robbing each other, burning their neighborhoods down, looting the few businesses that operate there, being hostile to anyone getting educated so they can get out of there. . .yep! What a swell bunch!
@@melissabrock4114 Poor people are not the ones' using up all the water. They are not the ones' tearing through nature.
@@onekerri1 didn't say that...
Water is not just scarce, it's severely polluted. Chemical pollution such as PFAS/PFOA/PFOS, pest-, herb-, fungi-, insecticides, heavy metals, fracking chemicals, microplastics, is becoming a big issue. Not just in developed countries anymore, chemical pollution is global.
It baffles me that people ignore this and then decide to have as many kids as possible.
It can very easily be cleaned.
Water is not scarce. Wake up.
humans have always adapted.. in the future people gonna literally take plastic vitamins :D because ur body needs it lol...
@@Microphunktv-jb3kj ''lol''
Worrying about water, is like worrying about the lack of sunlight when it is nighttime.
DW- CONTINUING Another Excellent Commentary and Film Production: absolutely 💯 % on Point: Shockingly Relevant.
"Who owns water?"
The public and we the people would do good to remind companies of that fact.
Industries which use large amounts of water should be forced to do 2 things, clean up any wastewater till it is in prestine drinkable condition and have to finance publicly owned desalination plants. Aslong water was in abundance, this was a non issue, now it isn't anymore.
I honestly wouldn’t mind this at all if we got some clothes, electronics, car, book crisis or whatever just because of this. Most of the water used is just wasted, not that it’s even used up too much. Metal industry is bad at this too
Answer is simple.
The ones with power control the water.
@@Brian-jv8iy Animal products, especially beef, wastes a huge amount of water compared to a plant based food system. I often advocate people to boycott animal agriculture. Especially beef, since it has the biggest impact on water and climate. Switching to a fully plant based diet is the single most effective way to minimize your environmental and water footprint according to the most comprehensive study on food production by Oxford research scientists. Each vegan saves an average of 219,000 gallons (829,000 liters) per year. Link to the Oxford study at my channel under "About."
@@someguy2135 Vegans are unhealthy. Chicken and pig farming is kinda cruel. At least sheep and cows roam in paddocks.
Company's clean up?!....well thats not gonna happen... zero profit there mate.
Your docs on climate change for the last one week are making me anxious and worried apart from my job related issues 😢
That's the point
@@Niddish It is not the point to scare people but to wake them up and they can do their own research on water shortages all over the world.
Both are wrong and right lol
DW this is brilliant all your content is so informative! Im from Ireland and the only show we had talking about these issues Eco Eye just stopped filming this year.
If you ever want to do any documentaries on Ireland id be happy to help.
Thank you for watching! We're glad you like our content. :)
Thank you, also Nestle could be added, and water leases in Florida....
Who owns water? The rich and powerful. Just like they own everything else.
No
Nobody own water, water belongs to everyone
The correct answer is Nestle.
Indeed. Oh, no, they don't own it, like that rich dude said. It's people's water, it just happens to flow under his land, so he has the right to take it. And once he holds it in a glass, he owns it. Rich people and corrupt politicians will sell people out, like they always do.
@@cartier2312 not in capitalism.
Thank you again DW for once again educating us with what's going on in the world, it's unfortunate that here in the US we don't have anybody bringing documentaries to us like you do i e National Geographic. Keep up the hard work and thank you for keeping us informed
AGAIN: I say that 'Some More News' and 'Second Thought' have the BEST
Drought-Coverage.
Don't expect in depth documentaries from Nat Geo. They are now owned by Disney, who won't produce content which could impact the corporate bottom line.
DW is from the US. They bringing u documentories
@@suicine2859 , Achtung! Deutsch Welle (DW) is a German broadcast media, Herr Suicine. Jawohl!
@@suicine2859 dw is German ..they the best documentary Channel
Thank you for the information.
Thank you DW for this educational program
Start planting trees and have garden at every home. We need to learn from Singapore
How are you gonna grow trees or anything with no water?
And stop eating meat
@@marcoslightspeed5517 You haven't been paying attention.. have you?
"وجعلنا من الماء كل شيء حيا" صدق الله العظيم
thank you !!
Thank you!!
Elons laugh is a sinister one!
Shashank
It certainly is.
He suffers Aspergers, I believe; he's nervous in social settings, having difficulty reading social cues; awkward.. Amazing that he is such a widely, public seeming individual,.. I agree he should be less flippant, about water, but he has begun seeking more sustainable means of industry, in recent times,..
The guy is another of the psychopaths 1%
He really boils my blood. I really can't stand him
Total villain!
Water manager: "We need to 'get' more rain, fill up them reservoirs!"
Yeah man, just go out and "get" some more rain, that's how we manage water here in Arizona. We're adapting so well by changing from grass yards to turf (plastic) yards. Excellent adaptation. How about actually changing people's behavior and forcing the preservation of more water resources???
That doesn't generate industries money. That's the only thing they see.
I've heard it's illegal to collect water in some places in America, absolutely hilarious freedom.
Arizona is one of the best water managers in the world, there are a lot of people who have spent a lot of time studying and working to fix this.
That won't work.
People waste so much water just to have the 'perfect lawn' in places that are almost of desert climate, so yeah, give them plastic lawns and lets use water for important things only
Water should be free. It's a human right.
More content please I love it
I, as a younger man, was taught that water on the planet was indeed a valued resource, and that it’s volume, tied into everything water, would never change overall. We have what we have we cannot make more etc.
So my issue is that we still have the same amount of water, as always. It’s just that we choose to poison it. We refuse to acknowledge that changing weather pattens are just putting the water elsewhere. It’s seems, that many refuse to change their habits, some do not believe, and others just carry on! The planet will survive, we may not. What happens next, one wonders!
And don't forget the financial banker crooks taking advantage of the situation. They are literally buying up land that has water on it and claiming rights to the water so they can sell it back to us at super high prices. Not sure that will work out for them. If they did that where I live, the locals would use a little vigilante justice on that banker land owner.
And why do we still have laws saying the landowner has the rights to the water? That might have worked 100+ years ago, but it's not going to last with the larger populations today.
Oh but its ok for swiss nestle to go to poor countries and steal water from them rebottle it and sell this poor people their own water at 1000% profit GO coca cola go stick to the german pay back
It literally rains everyday around the planet.
Droughts everyware, so where IS the water going? That's all I want to know but haven't come across an explanation.
reminds me of the movie dark water and dupont poisoning the world
The problem is not global warming or lack of water... the problem is our inability to work together as a community... this is our past, current and future issue.
That's right to the heart if the matter. And that disease is called _bigotry._
Or you know,... maybe both?
@@simian5805 indeed... but its also a consequence...
AGAIN: I say that 'Some More News' and 'Second Thought' have the BEST
Drought-Coverage.
@@aylbdrmadison1051 I agree, most people are Bigoted against us white male Christians. It's a shame more people can't just be like us. I agree with you 100%
great, this video had put our hands on the main severe problems in the world, which I hope that politicians will respond to it, as soon as possible
Great reporting. Keep up the good work
Thanks for watching and sharing your positive feedback!
Dear D.W. the state of Arizona fraudulently acquired their "water rights" from the Colorado river. My people have been fighting for our restoration of rights to the water that runs through our ancestral homelands. I appreciate the part that highlighted the way water is being used in Phoenix.
Native American traditions have always led the way for environmental sustainablility.
"Who owns water?"
why does EVERYTHING have to be OWNED? why cant something just EXIST without being tied to legality?
not only that ... the more important question is who controls water ;)
Human own things because they are insecure. They are insecure because they are mentally weak.
*_You can own nothing and be happy_*
Ask Klaus Schwab
*Uncommunist manifesto*
If you don't legally tie a water source to an owner, the result would be worse as corporations want to exploit that. Maybe governments should own water sources, in order to preserve or use it efficiently.
bcos psychopaths exists
I first learned about aquifers 50 years ago when I was 16. We had moved to Arizona and were learning how much aquifers were going down. Aquifers do not get refilled yearly. Out west it will take thousands of years to replace the water we use now.
As I’m watching this video it reminds me of a movie line From a long time ago. “We’ve destroyed our own ecosystem.”
Boycott soft drink companies, and change our farming practices. Chemical fertilizers are destroying the top soil, and the soils cannot retain moisture. There are new farming practices that are proving to be restoring the top soils and this is the direction things need to move towards. Also, although I am a meat eater, we need to greatly reduce the amount of meat we eat for protein. The meat industry is very wasteful and takes a huge toll on the natural environment.
Kudos for advocating a significant reduction in meat purchaces. I often advocate people to boycott animal agriculture. Especially beef, since it has the biggest impact on water and climate. Switching to a fully plant based diet is the single most effective way to minimize your environmental and water footprint according to the most comprehensive study on food production by Oxford research scientists. Each vegan saves an average of 219,000 gallons (829,000 liters) per year. Link to the Oxford study at my channel under "About."
The largest organization of nutrition professionals offically declared that a fully plant based diet is not only adequate for us to thrive, it leads to reduced chronic diseases.
Regenerative farming is what it's called and having the animals will help it happen faster just as it has from the beginning of time That is the answer!
Without chemical fertilizers, it would be impossible to sustain the high yields expected today. You're right about the meat though. It's just not sustainable - the amount of meat in the typical western diet today is far higher that at any prior point in history.
Indeed we need to reduce the consumption altogether. We're living in the fcuking consumer society!
@@someguy2135 not everyone can survive on a vegan diet.
DW, in Africa, we need well prepared documentaries about the continent and its ordeals. Thank you.
In my country Zambia 🇿🇲 Africa, we have experienced the worst water shortage ever
Excellent video. In USA nobody talk about water . Neither Republican or Democrate. DW produced good Documentary for world
It amazes me to know that communities around the world are allowing their water - above and below ground - to be sold to corporations who then sell it back to them at a hefty profit. Nestlé has been doing this for decades in the United States, pumping water from underground aquifers, water that would normally be used for community drinking (at the tap), for agriculture (the core business of many of these regions), tourism, firefighting and other critical services. Nestlé pays a small pumping fee and then bottles the water in order to sell it back at a profit. It's insane.
It is marked up over 200% is what I have heard but wouldn't be shocked if it is higher. It is insane but for whatever reason people think tap is bad and bottled water is good.
Nestlé needs to be crushed, preferably non-violently but hey...if they don't agree to that who's responsible for what happens?
Communities aren't--the politicians, the courts, and the militaries are
Welcome to the United corporations of America!
You are right I remember that about Nestle I Couldn't believe it Some people will do everything and anything for money and then blame us for the results they created! Regenerative farming is the way forward!
People take water for granted and Elon’s reaction is an example of such failure to recognize this limited resource. Hopefully, this year’s worldwide droughts and flooding will get the needed awareness before it gets worst or too late.
He knows about the scarcity
@@sofoclispetrosjulyan1397 agreed! It's the elephant in the room.
@@sofoclispetrosjulyan1397 I have no doubt that he knows, which is why he laughed and walked away from the press. He’s playing dumb to avoid facing hard questions about Tesla’s role in depleting this crucial resource for life to exist. Shame and disappointing.
@@natellecheung8789 yep you are correct. It was very obvious when he was just laughing away the problem.
wait droughts and flooding equals out so i guess the water just took a vacation this year :) it will be back
This would my second documentary on Water
These corporations should be held accountable, Investors and CEO, be disowned and imprisoned for crimes against humanity.
Lawdy! These DW documentaries are superb.
"Superbly" stupid.
Thank you DW for blessing us with back to back amazing documentaries regarding water❤️.Water is most vital resource for mankind.Without it the survival of humanity is impossible.Climate change will accelerate the diminishing of this precious resource.The next wars will definitely be fought on water especially between India & Pakistan.
lol
Only humans? All life. I like your comment but it's too anthropocentric. There's more life than humans and we all have the right to live. Even bacteria needs water and we need them.
The Rich Landowners... so it is used to supply the cattle industry as opposed to maintain human etc health. Thanks for raising my conscioussness!
White boyyy theif the people them water like he don’t have enough in his country
Thank you for your comment because you're exactly correct.
Yes clean water is the most valuable resource & unfortunately the earth is running out.
Good documentry
Perhaps water should be a public commodity. But we must find a way so that people understand the value of this most precious gift.
civilizations of varying greatness throughout ages rose and fell, in large part due to water issues. personally, the question is not about if, but when ours as a whole will be on the trailing end, regardless of climate influence/cycle. great topic as always DW👌
Eventually the polar caps will collapse and there will be plenty of water, but few water consumers
@@Grokh Well I've been advocating large underwater concrete basins to capture excess water in monsoon season that can be artifically kept underground, just as groundwater is but it doesn't dissipate and can be used when needed.
Just need to be able to capture water there during heavy rainflow season and be able to extract it later.
Mostly immigration and replacement of the original culture, a dumbed down populace and demagogues gaining too much power.
@@danfergus3335 been thinking of the same thing
Good Documentary! Thanks DW!
Sheep. German gov funded propaganda, such is the case with DW, has a long history of fooling the masses; started in the 1930's with a few beers at the Sterneckerbräu.
what happens in Lunenburg, there is no water recycling plant, Germany can install a water treatment plant and also desalination plants .
Wow this is very deep never knew water situation is very serious
You shouldn’t look to Vegas as wasteful for water. They’ve severely reduced their usage. Those fountains you showed? They use grey water that isn’t even fit to drink. Recycling greywater is not common in the US. Nevada is leading in water conservation.
In South Africa since 2000 all supermarkets and shopping malls and all housing built in town ships have their own large green water tanks to be filled by rain, chlorine tablets make it good to drink or just boil it.
In St thomas Virgin islands we have always built our homes with cisterns to collect rain water from the roof taps. We do the same thing as far as using chlorine tablets.
Eww, have you seen the mould growing inside rainwater tanks? Here in Australia, rainwater tanks compulsory for all homes build after 2000, I wouldn't drink, only good for toilet and garden.
@@charlie-ot5ug but you drink water from the tap where dog shit, Humam waste and all kinds of chemicals run into the lakes and ground water before it becomes portable. Now thats some eww right there. Lmao Water in tanks are actually cleaner if it is treated on a regular basis.
@@charlie-ot5ug Water can be purified. The original commenter mentioned chlorine tablets. There are also other ways, even healthier ways, to do so.
@@charlie-ot5ug There are various methods to purify water. Its not a tough feat
This is one of the most important information ever,,, materials vs life 😢is 😢😢
Water is precious. That's why we don't flush ours or otherwise waste it. I own the humidity in my house. The Air-2-Water generator makes 12 gallons a day for cooking and drinking. We collect any water used for soaking or rinsing vegetables to be used on the indoor garden. The indoor garden supplies all of our greens, lettuce, herbs, cabbage, collards, celery, scallions, sweet pea pods, cherry tomatoes, radishes, carrots, beets, and turnips. That saves on the wasteful use of agricultural water to grow and then ship lettuce to Walmart. The French drain for the house foundation collects rain water for drip irrigation in the outdoor garden and water for the chickens. So address those simple areas of water conservation before you persist in a 18th century battle over "water rights".
The fact that people in California are still allowed to water their yards is just sickening
There are fines for breaking water conservation mandates. They aren't very effective with people who are happy to pay the fines. If there's a fine or penalty, no problem. They'll just pay it - or take legal action against local authorities. As long as their gardens look great, they're willing to make a financial sacrifice.
People point fingers at lawns, but urban water usage pales in comparison to agricultural in the American west. Moreover, 55% of the water usage in the colorado river basin goes to livestock feed (mostly alfalfa) rather than direct human consumption.
If you want to do something, eat less beef.
I enjoy these German documentaries. They cover crucial issues, the narrative and camera work are well done.
"Whiskey is for drinkin' and water is for fightin' ".
Mark Twain.
1878
Thanks,
"Making a decision the town doesn't like" is the dumbest thing I've heard today. Your job is to do what the town tells you to do.
Intel in the Arizona desert = more corporate greed than brains.
Water decisions should be made by ALL the citizens in a vote ,not just by a few committee members.
The problem is that many believe and do what politicians say. They will vote on whatever politicians say.
Oh dear Oh dear Oh dear....I am speechless!
Unfortunately, not everyone delves into this problem
Whenever a natural resource becomes scarce this is the scary question that follows...
That is the shadiest behavior I have seen from Elon Musk. I believe he is very aware of the water problem near his plant.
I was a little shocked at his reaction in that scene, I was thinking he was going to do a sort of explanation behind his rationale but he laughed it off... It's like a side of him we don't know of and suddenly manifests itself through the camera.
@@HikikomoriDev Absolutely . That was the real Musk coming out .
How about ONE spaceX launch polluting more than the bottom 1 BILLION people on earth for an entire year
@@jacobjorgenson9285 Best point ever ! 👍
Of course he is aware. That is why he reacted the way he did.
I guess it would be better if the Egypt problem on the dam in Ethiopia would be really significant on this documentary.
Oh nice. Mad max events in our time.
Sadly, these powerful organisations’ attitudes toward precious natural resources such as water are usually exploitation and monopolisation, instead of preservation.
fascinating documentary - well researched and balanced. Interesting to note the aerial photography of farms in the USA/Canada - no hedgerows to support nests for birds. Farming is very intensive. The Punjab farmers and the hold the banks have over their farmland mirrors what is going on in other parts of the world. Also, large corporations buying up lands - the control of water and supply of food in the hands of a few. COCACOLA vs drinking water - an interesting choice for people to consider!
Teresa, you live in a complete fantasy world. North American farming is intensive because we need to feed the planet, especially now that the Ukrainian grain products are crimped by the Russians. Is it acceptable to you that millions of people on the east coast of Africa and the Middle East starve to death because of the Russian-initiated war? if you ever had the courage to visit anywhere in the agricultural sector in eastern Canada, you would find unending tree lines between fields which would completely shatter the junk science purveyed by Daniel Harrick and DW. If you believe at all in science, then challenge every one of your preconceived notions: they might be wrong.
@@ivangamer8022 Absolutely! When will you volunteer to start the depopulation process? The sooner the better.
@@ivangamer8022 overpopulation AND overconsumption. That's it.
Thanks for mentioning hedgerows, I'd never thought about that and nesting before.
@@MsBhappy We don't have hedgerows in CANADA. We have treelines that are far more biologically diverse and the trees act as a far larger carbon sink than hedgerows.
Every time I think there is no hope, I remember the intel guy and his turf 👨🌾
it's imperative to keep in mind that it's not just the corporations at fault but the politicians who allow these corporations to take the water from the populace to sell back to them.
it goes without saying that water should be protected but it especially needs to be protected from corporations that have absolutely zero ethics.
and we are seeing the catastrophic consequences of the unimpeded, unrelenting commoditization of water by these corporations.
and it's only going to get worse. 🤷♂
And ordinary people who waste so much of it.
Its a two way street. The corporations lobby the government for favorable policy, they quite litteraly are helping to make the decisions. Its insane to say dont blame the coprorations when they literally coop governments LEADING US HERE. This happens everywhere and its literally just capitalism, why wouldn't you lobby if you could make more money or cut costs?
@@Big1nz where did i say _"don't blame the corporations"_ ???
i quite clearly stated that it's _not solely the fault of corporations._
Someone great once said, "Do not waste water, even if it is from a running stream."
documentary about solutions please?
Is anyone familiar with a dehumidifier? If these were installed in homes the water extracted from humid or dry air would condensate on cold pipes and drip into the tank by the next day all that water can be tested or filtered to remove any impurity such as mold or bacteria depending how old the dehumidifier is before drinking the water. But it does help make water harvesting available.
You can also burn $100 banknotes in a stove to heat yourself this winter.
@@startracksha To prevent the water harvested from turning to a block of ice.
YES. They work best in high humidity areas and are less effective in low humidity areas.
I will avoid buying coca cola products because of this.
I'm thinking the same thing.
I'm glad I never was a soda drinker! Just water.
I don't drink soda. Disgusting drink. It makes only your belly fat and the rest stays skinny. You will look weird. 🙄
One of the several reasons. Good for you
Nestle is just as bad
Thank you. Love your documentaries
Super!
Get water from the air we all breath with a water maker out of atmospheric condensation. Connect the atmospheric condensator to an inverter connected to solar batteries and panels, so the energy to make water is free too.
I think people like Geoff Lawton should be consulted also for water conservation, harvesting and replenishing ground water
What about intelligent, minimal, new technologies already proven successful, as an industry, and a domestic goal?
I think it is on one of the DW productions..
It was amazing!
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I struggle to get my head around the logic of growing alfalfa (also known as lucerne) in a desert. It's very moisture dependant, I can't see the justification for growing something for animal feed in the desert like that. Grow grass in the wet regions, grow grains that take less water in the desert if you must grow something. I live in an area that has high rainfall, we grow massive amounts of grass and so farm livestock. Grain doesn't grow well here at all, we don't have enough sunshine for it. The equivalent to what they're doing would be for us to build thousands of square kilometres of greenhouses and use them to grow wheat. It's ludicrous.
Honestly, i dont know why countries dont invest in water more
yes let's press agriculture but not nestle or coca cola. DW the message we want you to have.
Conservative-capitalism is an all out war against humanity, against life itself.
We can move all plants, fruits, vegetables agriculture to vertical farming that use less than 1% of the water currently uses now.
@@sandman516 Or we can move all humans to vertical living and keep the nature and farming where it belongs to , on the ground , to give us air ( all plants do , some more , some less ) and water ( the plants hold the water in the ground . Humans don't need to excessively use washing mashines for few clothes or for few dishes , they don't need to waste water for long showers two times a day .
And , most of all , they shouldn't have destroyed the ozon shield of the earth to allow the sun to burn everything , so it is getting dryer and dryer . One big reason are the consumers , who are demanding cheap chinese computers , car parts , clothes , smat phones and all other stuff . Start there , end their earth destructive behaviour .
Let’s touch on buying land for water rights but not discuss any very large amounts of recently purchased American land…