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Originally Posted by cantdrv55
Isn't the Earth mostly water? Don't we have the tech to make fresh out of the salty stuff? If "manufactured water" isn't fit for human consumption, can't there still be an available supply or source of it for doing laundry, etc?
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Desalinization might supply drinking water for coastal areas but that is about it. I am old enough to remember the 7+ year drought in TX from 1950- 1957. The states economy was just recovering from the drought of the dust bowl years and depression when this drought started. It went on and on and nearly destroyed the states economy which was mostly agriculture based and started the mass shift from a mostly rural agricultural population to the cities.
The population of the state is now probably 10 times what it was in the 50's. Another drought like that would be an unmitigated disaster and not a damned thing anyone could do about it. No place to run or hide when it doesn't rain... and you can't drink oil.