Check out some links, tell me what you thinks.
http://www.indiaresource.org/issues/water/
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Water/Corp_Control_Water_VShiva.html
http://www.americas.org/item_130#bolivia%20water%20war%201
How will the poor fit into the equation?
2006-07-18 18:58:12 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Economics
Of course. Water, especially the good stuff, is becoming more and more scarce, and more and more desirable. Corporations love commodities. If you can corner the market on Glacial water, or own all the sub-terranian water, then you'll make a truckload of money. Especially if you start squeezing supply to increase demand, and with something like drinking water, you can only get a great market response. As it stands, governments, through corporate pressure, corruption and greed, are selling off everything from wildlife, to utilities and communication to corporations. Already many water services around the world are privatised and it's only a matter of time before corporations get their hands on all of it. Then it's a matter of conglomerating so you have a handful of monopolies, and we're all screwed.
2006-07-18 22:21:57 · answer #1 · answered by corpuscollossus 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't think it's inevitable, but I do think it's entirely possible. And I'm sure there are some very rich people who are banking on it in hopes of it making them much richer. (I didn't read the articles - I've heard plenty about the issue already and I know that reading the articles will just make me angry and bitter as usual...)
As for where the poor will fit into the equation...I'm sure you know the answer already. In the eyes of corporations, they exist to be exploited. The corporations create the problem in the first place (making water unfit to drink in many places) and then offer the solution themselves - at a price. Diabolical.
And so many of us have bought into it already. Fifty years ago I'm sure people would have laughed at the thought of buying bottled water from Coke or Pepsi (aka Dasani and Aquafina). But here we are...
2006-07-19 02:15:23 · answer #2 · answered by obsidianna 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Same as electric..?I think it's about time....especially if they make sure the water contain are purifier & the public get good quality water ....
We're trying to concentrate on the world now & see India for example....the water are disguisting & some other countries too.....so with the corporate control...may be we're able to live longer.....
Now about the poor , the government have to subsidy & this will also open a work field for the poor ..................
Hope for the best only & Singapore now already recycle their water..............
2006-07-19 02:15:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They will draw water from unprotected sources, like our streams, rivers, and lakes.
Then we will have water borne diseases, like the 3 ft worm in Africa coming out of our feet, and people will begin to craft home breweries so that at least they can obtain some vitamins and have a bit of a 'kick' with their water, and they will band together, as in a tribe, and call themselves 'the Kickapoo', and the wealthy people will sit in their towers and say, 'we have water...and YOU don't.' and the man in the moon will cry, a little.
2006-07-19 08:58:18 · answer #4 · answered by Hippie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes... followed by clean air. The poor don't exactly have access to potable water now. It's getting harder and harder to tell the difference between extreme poverty and the working poor.
2006-07-19 02:57:59 · answer #5 · answered by Texas_X 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can the poor be drunk? May we not drink them?
2006-07-19 23:05:49 · answer #6 · answered by Walsingham 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
McWater!
2006-07-19 14:11:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thomas Crapper Rules!!!
2006-07-19 15:08:40 · answer #8 · answered by Giggly Giraffe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no because they cant controll rain
2006-07-19 02:01:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋