Countries Are Building Economic Empires by Controlling the Worlds Water Supply

What factor do you think contributes the most to the rise and fall of civilizations? Is it war? the economy? Maybe its disease?
Well, those are all wrong.
The largest contributing factor that has determined which countries are superpowers, and which countries fade into darkness, is the access to Water.
And this is something that most people may not think about, as nowadays…you simply turn on a tap, and water comes out. But how it gets to your tap in the first place, is one of the best indicators in determining the success of a country. And in fact, we might be seeing the creation of some water empires, right before our very eyes.
Why are cities located where they are? Some factors that determined where people settled in the past were things like access to trade routes, nearby valuable resources, and the fertility of the land.
But by far the biggest factor was the proximity of the city to a freshwater source. That is why today roughly 90% of the worlds population lives within 10 kilometres of a freshwater source. Even if many of those water sources are running dry. But we will get to that in a second.
Right now the 18 largest cities in Europe are located on or near a major water source.
And this same pattern has been shown throughout most of history.
For example, Uruk was a city located in present day Iraq. In 3500 BC, it was the largest city in the world with 40 000 inhabitants. And for thousands of years, it was an economic and cultural powerhouse of the world. That was until its key water source, the Euphrates river, began to shift. Around 100 AD the river began to flow away from Uruk, and by 700AD, the river had moved so far away… that the once massive city… was completely abandoned. Ironically, the remains of the city, are now located right next to the new Euphrates river, which supplies many cities in modern day Iraq with freshwater.
And a similar story can be told for the once great Mayan empire. From the year 200AD to 900AD. The Mayans had built up a sprawling civilization that had 40 cities, and reached a population of about 2 million people. But then, the Yucatan penninsula, which is where the Mayans were located, went through a series of droughts. Many historians believe that these droughts were the largest reason why the Mayan empire collapsed, and left behind ancient cities, temples, and wonders.
And lastly, it is theorized that a lack of water supply contributed to the downfall of other civilizations. like the Khmer empire in the 1400’s… the Ancient Egyptians around 30 BCE… Parts of europe in the 1500’s… and the megadrought that occurred nearly 100 000 years ago which forced humans to migrate out of africa, and settle in Europe and Asia.
What I am trying to say is that a lack of freshwater supply tends to be correlated with the rise and fall of civilizations.
But then a strange thing happened. Once the technology of human civilization advanced, we began creating new ways to access fresh water. The most important one today is ground water. You see, when you look at the earth, roughly 97% of the water is salt water which is undrinkable for humans. Roughly 2% of the earths water is frozen in ice. And only 1% of the water on earth is freshwater that humans find useful. But even that is a misleading number. Because only 30% of the freshwater on earth is located on the surface with things like lakes and rivers. 70% of the freshwater on earth is actually located underground, which is called ground water.
But humans for millennia did not have the technology to extract large quantities of water from the ground. Even though small wells were used to extract groundwater, back in 8000 BC, the population was still largely reliant upon being close to a river or lake.
But that was then, and this is now. In the world today, there are 34 countries and territories, without any rivers. The most notable on this list is Saudi Arabia.
In fact, if you were to look at Saudia Arabia using satellite imagery, you will see that there are no major sources of freshwater at all, as most of the country seems to be covered in mountains, dunes, and deserts. And the same can be said for other countries like Yemen, Libya, The United Arab Emirates, and Qatar.
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[@dumbo.4608]

Nah, it’d all be ice. You’d have to melt it first Oh wait...

[@thefozzybear]

America is under a dictatorship, fitting they will annex Antarctica.

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[@TamimLB]

I’m from Margate, South Africa. It really shook the country to hear Cape Town had no water. We were sending so much water to the city that our water supply went down. To the point where WE had no water on the other side of the country. I literally had to go with buckets to get water from trucks. Luckily I’ve had water since.

[@alt1f4]

just expect a lot of water to arrive from Brazil at exorbitant prices😎😎

[@BrunoFrancaA]

@@alt1f4 Hopefully very exorbitant prices, we have thirsty people here too.

[@afcrotv2282]

Catch rain water

[@afcrotv2282]

You have no water because you are a sharks fan 😂😂😂

[@TamimLB]

@@afcrotv2282 I’ve literally never watched rugby in my life

[@nadoio]

I live in Pará, a Brazilian state located in the Amazon. Here it rains heavily every day and underground there're so many water

[@bruh-zd5om]

I live in Rondônia it rains a lot and near here there is the longest river in the world.

[@vitortx100]

I live in sao paulo and even in here we get lots of rain.. imagine up north there

[@shake4259]

*Water is the new oil* America: canada is this true? Canada: yes...why? 😂 America: no reason, I just see you are running low on freedom 👀 🦅 Canada: Haha I'm in danger

[@j2174]

The US has tried that a few times. Canada smacked them up.

[@JollyOldCanuck]

@@j2174 The last time we fought, the US was a minor power (1812), we’ve never fought against the post-WW2 USA.

[@cuddlemuffin.9545]

@@j2174 that wasn't Canada? Are you brainless?

[@OK-ws7ti]

@@cuddlemuffin.9545 Yeah and the American Revolution was done by British people lmao what an American take

[@Byronic19134]

@@OK-ws7ti Ur country is run by an Abercrombie model in black face whose always on his knees in solidarity and can't even control Quebec so gtfoh

[@victoriaalvarez1557]

The Canadian Empire is a phrase I’ll definitely need a moment getting used to

[@bobobo8428]

Invest in canada

[@juj6022]

Lol Canada is just a big cow that gets milked by the US and China. Edit:. Wow I didn't think this reply to a comment would hurt so many feelings 😂

[@ooferdoofer7091]

If miles you mean we sell all of our shit to you for billions of dollars yeah

[@S2Tubes]

Or we could just invade Canada, and you won't have that problem.

[@SP-up4pt]

@@S2Tubes Who says it would be a problem?

[@Hassansin]

When Russia is too big to put in the thumbnail so you just use the flag 😂😂

[@teresas8929]

Hassansin Canada is larger then modern day Russia.

[@maths.solved6215]

Teresa S Um, what? Russia is 17.1 million square kilometers in area. Canada is 9.985 million. Russia is nearly double the size of Canada

[@budisoemantri2303]

@@maths.solved6215 damn that's huge gap

[@allanvanrye4922]

@@budisoemantri2303 Not for Canadians, apparently

[@Yo-bk4dk]

@@teresas8929 well yes! If you stand on canada , russia appears smaller. I understand this

[@BlueMax333]

Most of the rainwater flows back into the sea. A growing number of villages in India are using water harvesting techniques to recharge and increase groundwater levels and for irrigation. By far cheaper and sustainable than transporting water over long distances or desalination.

[@Snugggg]

happening in Australia too but very slowly. Australian farmers are slow to adapt though mostly because the government pays so much in drought relief they don't have to change. so much water is wasted trying to follow farming and irrigation practices developed for the European climate.

[@itismethatguy]

India blocked rivers flowing to Pakistan and releases water in large amounts during floods

[@BlueMax333]

@@itismethatguy Such actions by the Indian government are disgraceful I am originally from India and feel disgusted

[@ndxo1051]

@@BlueMax333 its nothing to be disugsted about, its called politics, if it was pakistan in our place believe me they would do the same, just like theyre blocking food aid being sent from india to afghanistan even tho they are allies of taliban. pakistan is scum on earth, they care about nothing but their own vested interests

[@BlueMax333]

@@ndxo1051 Blocking food allegations is highly exaggerated by the Indian media. The Pakistan haters and the Hindutva fascists of India slap it up. Gutter politics

[@plexusGD]

Desalination: begins working 200 years later: "Countries Are Building Economic Empires by Controlling the World's Salt Water Supply"

[@tejpalsingh8438]

desalination is possible right now but to make it economic friendly we would require renewable energy from the solar panels to boil and seperate the salts from water.

[@CadenMotiuk]

@@tejpalsingh8438 True, plus there is so much salt that gets put back into the ocean that it's detrimental for the environment

[@joedollarbiden9823]

It's way too expensive and energy consuming. Plus, the civilization might not survive the next 200 years with all the shenanigans goin on

[@felipearandadelgado6873]

@@CadenMotiuk are we sure about that? I don't know about studies about the affection to increase concentration of seawater would affect. Of course it would change conditions for sea animals, but I don't know how much concentration would affect life there

[@CadenMotiuk]

@@felipearandadelgado6873 The concentration of salt in the Dead Sea is almost 10 times higher than the average for the rest of the oceans. This is far too salty for fish and plants and thus, why no wildlife (other than bacteria) live there.

[@Zeeshan-pr3rx]

This video reminded me of the movie Rango. " you control water, you control the world".

[@luddity]

Also, Tank Girl.

[@tonytang8006]

You need control everything else in order to control water

[@pajtmvorvndeifneif]

I honestly think this guy seems highly obsessed with terms like Empires, superpowers

[@bobbiusshadow6985]

lol .. I've noticed

[@kuhluhOG]

@Max Ragged nah, that's called Megapower

[@mikei6605]

maybe it's a white people thing lol

[@ente866]

Uruk was for thousands of years an economic and cultural POWERHOUSE OF THE WORLD.

[@emonlevircni4617]

@@mikei6605 Wait, so you're saying that black people can't do a country that is a superpower? Aw bro, if Twitter see this. 😰

[@dansmith9724]

In Australia we went through droughts for 5 years, heavy water restrictions etc. Desalination plants built but never used because it rained and rained and rained. Today just about every dam is full to the brim.

[@harlzaotearoa7769]

Besides the flooding i say 5he rain is a good thing for aussie. In the long run anyways

[@peterschmidt1453]

East coast only, West coast (Perth) Desal plants running 24 / 7 but we are getting by. Desal plants work, also work well with renewable power so I expect more to be built in the future here.

[@w8stral]

Moral to the story: Build more dams and you get to use them as pumped hydro storage for energy fluctuation control

[@giovannirafael5351]

Dessalination is highly energy-intense which brings us to our other crisis: energy crisis.

[@bk-sl8ee]

osmosis? Reverse osmosis?

[@DhrubajyotiRaja01]

Also "Economical Unsustainable* , needs huge amount of Government Subsidies to go on... Wouldn't be Applicable for Countries with High Population

[@raynzgames810]

Look at what the Paani foundation is doing in India to restore the water table in rural areas. Simpy put, smart design through use of cover crop, continuous contour trenching, percolation ponds and irrigation can easily solve water issues and prevent such dependence. More working with nature and less blinded extraction of this vital resource.

[@mr_reddii07]

@Kashif Pakistan occupied indian lands and made civilians to vacate, Kashmiri pandits..

[@vidyasagarshetty6170]

@Kashif oh poor you may Allah bless you...now get out of POK

[@bharatAV]

@Kashif Kashmir is and always will be a part of India. Soon POK will be ours again. You need to free balochistan before you think about Kashmir. JAI HIND! #freeBalochistsan

[@SanketPatole]

@Kashif Please atleast read the UN resolution of 1948 which talks about plebiscite to be held in the Princely state Jammu and Kashmir. According to the resolution, 1. Pakistan has to first retract all their forces from the land occupied by mujahids. And go back to the original positions before the invasion. 2. If and only if the first condition is satisfied, India should retract military forces from the region and keep only the required police forces to maintain law and order. 3. If and only if the first two conditions are satisfied, plebiscite will be held under UN's supervision. The plebiscite has not yet been held because Pakistan has not satisfied the first condition yet. Surely, both Pakistan and India don't want that to happen because they both don't want to lose waters and a strategically important location in the region to each other or a newly created potentially hostile nation. That's why both India and Pakistan made a pact during 1970s Simla agreement to declare the issue a bilateral issue making the UN resolution null and void. But, the things have become more complicated in recent few decades because, 1. Pakistan gifted parts of J&K (5180 sq km) to China during 1963 (Of course without the consent of Kashmiris). 2. China occupied Aksai Chin and some Eastern parts of J&K during Sino-Indian war of 1962. So, even if Pakistan and India agree to cooperate, China is no way going to give back all the occupied territories of J&K making it impossible for the UN resolution to be implemented in the region.

[@nirmal6362]

@Kashif First come out of Islam which has special privileges in India wit 4-wives for each man, why not other religions not allowed? do u have a bigger body parts than others? While India and Nepal became Secular countries, why u people need 35 islamic republics?

[@chrisdavies7437]

Canadians and Russians are just chilling at home with their water and oil.

[@jkjk4104]

🤣

[@jkjk4104]

Canada has the third largest oil reserve in the world but it account only 2% gdp but still they r super rich that means they can beat USA or China in the future

[@brendalee4716]

Desalination has a high by product of highly salted water that they just dump back into the ocean. All that heavily salted water is destroying the coastal regions.

[@Cattail1997]

@@brendalee4716 who’s desalinizing salt water?

[@brendalee4716]

@@Cattail1997 Saudi Arabia is the biggest one.... California has one...quite a few counties.

[@adamdahl3080]

I live in Norway. We have so much water that all of our electricity supply is from hydroplants. During this summer we had lowest electricity prices ever, at points paying people to use electricity. Same goes to water supply. Maybe i should start water export project 🤔

[@xyzaero9656]

Why not, go for it. I thought about the same idea here in Austria .. water en mass :-) Greetings to Norway.

[@TheWinezen]

Transport your water in solar powered tankers and you have a viable business model my friend. Transport is the real cost

[@BabitaSingh-kw9gg]

And we dont use fuel only in india we are using electric energy and only some amount od petrol this is because we dont have much fuel in India we have much gold all around the india even India is also called the golden bird

[@tmsupreme7763]

Norway, the country with oil and water while also not having to pay the eu memberstates when they fuck up again... Oh how I envy that country 🇳🇱

[@xyzaero9656]

@@tmsupreme7763 Still Norway has to implement most EU laws, but has no say in creating these laws. A double edged sword.

[@akshhay]

In india we have various villages partnered with NGOs & replenishing the ground water, paani foundation is doing great, our driest villages are now getting self sufficient on water Also, we are extensively dependent on himalayas, & i dont see hinalayan ice drying out in coming decades

[@TheWinezen]

Bangladesh's flooding problems may be a blessing in disguise if they can find a way to harvest it

[@robinmahmud4002]

​@Sap Nag you may say china but not india!

[@tasinal-hassan8268]

@Sap Nag That's not true. We have our own meritocracy. We didn't depend on India for inventing the arsenic filter lol. And all three nations are third world countries anyways.

[@robinmahmud4002]

@Sap Nag ppl dont get those treatment for free,india helped us but we had to fight too you know,we dont receive any aid,india gives loan with interest to stay competitive with china....we both have almost same gdp, india need another 2,3 decaeds to be a global power,hope you will be like usa and we will be like canada and stay friendly.bye

[@nickg1895]

@Sap Nag Yeah Bangladesh has over $180 billion debt to China already.

[@smilingdemon8588]

After reading comments I am sure that by helping Bangladeshis we are only feeding snake which can bite us any time and poisoning us since its independence.

[@anthonymorris5084]

Canada has a huge supply of fresh water. Our government will likely mismanage this resource just like they mismanage our oil wealth.

[@frankmelkert9503]

Disagree with you. After this pandemic every country will come to their senses and do what's right. Can't be stupid

[@mylifethrivingincanada7643]

Anthony Morris most of the water rights have already been sold off to Nestle

[@prinznoir5303]

@@frankmelkert9503 I can ensure u,our government of bangladesh will remain the stupidest govt of the world

[@ifukill7538]

You could boil snow

[@ifukill7538]

@Guy Joe china

[@kevinbergin2225]

Watched 4 similar videos this week and Canada is on every list: Trade Groups (CANZUK ); Trade Routes (Northwest Passage); Water Supply (see above); Coffee Shops (Tim Horton's). Finally, when the world gets so warm Canada's entire nation will be green they will be a superpower.

[@canadiansoviet]

This is rather incredible....

[@enderweimer9545]

Fuck yeah Canada

[@thomasgoodson7290]

I hope it stays cold. That keeps out people of weak character

[@Kaddywompous]

“I’ve sat in on a lot of foreign policy meetings... In the past we fought wars over oil. In the future, wars will be fought over water.” - Kamala Harris

[@bircruz555]

And imperialist USA tells far away nations they can not build dams in their own native earth. Imperial overreach!

[@JackChappleShow]

Hey Everyone! I was in the hospital for a heart issue about 12 days ago. I am okay, just took some time off (hence lack of uploads). I just wanted to leave a caveat here that I cut from the video...the United States and China both have a lot of water, but they consume substantially more water than any other water-rich country (proportional to their amount of water resources). So they are water-rich, but very water stressed countries as well. Also, thank you all for the support. Holy jesus 283k subs!!! Ya'll are amazing

[@ravenkeefer3143]

Glad you're well✌Mahe Ohna. Question: in 2006-2011 U.S. Fed Reserve bank issued $15 trillion loans in short term inter-bank notes. This was then established in Bank of England, Scotland drawing daily compound interest. I've not been able to track any movement since 2013 when European Central Banks were billed interest back to U.S. fed which issued those notes interest free. I'm not brilliant on international economics, but isn't that literally sifering value out of Europe into U.S., debt free interest earnings? Be interested what you come up with. Thx.

[@01010111m]

Glad to know you are well ~ stay strong!! You have used a wrong map of India, please share the source.

[@kevinsam3]

You're doing a great job with your videos. Get well soon.

[@VictorRomanC]

I'm glad you are back! And yes, I agree, water is a civilization changer.

[@robrapiti9089]

Your work is important, glad your well. Keep it up Jack!

[@dopamine_Seeker]

130L liters for a cup of coffee(wtf) then I would say everybody should leave the coffee and drink water.

[@DanielSilva-jj2lz]

And if you find out the reason you will laugh. In Brazil we do not use water as a means of classifying coffee, but air. But in most coffee producing countries they use water to perform the classification, and then put the beans to dry, wasting water, time and energy. Real stupidity.

[@g.h.wright5333]

You have to consider watering of plants, water uses by workers etc

[@jigargandhi1654]

It's takes years of growing coffee crop and pouring water every day is more than 130 l

[@grantsobkowski4097]

You bring up a good point, but it's worth noting that the amount of 'blue water' (water from irrigation) used changes drastically depending on what region the coffee is grown. For instance, many parts of Central America require little to no irrigation to grow coffee whereas regions with less consistent rainfall do.

[@user-bf8bt2wf7d]

Red PiII = Take coffee away from coffee fiends.. BIue PiII = Take a meth head's stash and pipe away... Are you sure you want to proceed? (Yes) | = | (No) .

[@sambeg2]

As a Nepalese I am humbled by the access of water we have. Thank you water gods.

[@miiibbss]

Thank geography

[@Praisethesunson]

Thank your mountains. Without those you'd be drier than Pakistan.

[@BlunderBoyNehruJ]

@@miiibbss don’t thank mohammed 🤣

[@YappieKitchen]

I live in Canada. I might sound so mean but I don’t want our water to be for sale! I want to preserve our environment.

[@yggdrasil9039]

The other thing is storm-water harvesting. Currently most storm water goes straight down the drain and straight back out to sea, whereas if it were collected, the water-cycle basically desalinates the water for you free of charge.

[@bangerbangerbro]

Most water unless from a desalination plant comes from the water-cycle doesn't it?

[@KyaneOficial]

@Norbert Kausen it would do, but it would add another step, so instead of raining down to the sewage, it would run through your body or through your bathroom, then down the sewage.

[@johnjones.3427]

I agree,saving storm water.

[@dusk1673]

Lol generating water is easy they just don’t want to so they can make $$$

[@indigorager]

America its illegal to harvest rain water

[@prakhar242]

Who knew Canada would be the next superpower? They'll control the water, oil supply and the major trading route

[@samukelondlovu7876]

Political instability can mess up a lot of things..

[@johnsecord8539]

Problem is Canada has no military. So they are not going to be a super power

[@prakhar242]

Maybe military power won't be as important in determining superpower status in the future

[@prakhar242]

@@samukelondlovu7876 As far as I am aware, Canada is pretty stable politically

[@kenli2823]

Yah, right!!! it is right beside big elephant.

[@seanleizhang7422]

Canada, one of the top 3 countries in year 2100! For sure! Powerhouse for the world!

[@alt1f4]

and Brazil in first place, because of the Amazon and all its fresh water😎😎😎😎😎

[@user-td3se5jq1w]

For ass

[@user-td3se5jq1w]

@Sahil Ahmedöv hello 3rd world sthole

[@jirachi-wishmaker9242]

@@user-td3se5jq1w bat soup

[@user-td3se5jq1w]

@@jirachi-wishmaker9242 tell that to Fort Detrick

[@faustin289]

Why is it so soothing to watch water flowing? I think I will start a water watching therapy. Lol!

[@HisShadow]

Luckily vertical farming will help with this problem greatly. Vertical farms only use 10% the average water that it takes normal farms to grow food. That technology will only improve over time.

[@cvictor8999]

aeroponics is the key. But can it apply to all crop types, such as wheat?

[@CountingStars333]

@@cvictor8999 We can make it apply.

[@MrCrunch808]

@@cvictor8999 You can literally just use the same 50 L of water for hydroponics, and when it runs ou the water will evaporate into the air over time so you can make a room that absorbs that water and puts it back into the water reservoir for the building.

[@bowser3017]

it can also solve the problem with the area that is needed for planting if we build giant multi-storey farms. The land for farms is getting smaller, and for this we also cut down forests more often.

[@roberturlich96]

Subterranean farms that treat sewerage and compost household waste is part of th solution.

[@rolandmetayer7210]

Here in Canada, we have a great deal of water , but SADLY, Canadians also WASTE a great deal of WATER . Cheers from Canada, Polar Bear country .

[@2.5chainz]

Honestly we have so much water and so little people using it even if we do waste it, it will be okay. But don’t get me wrong we need strict water conservation laws to make sure we keep a such as possible

[@abbyharamis6552]

Sadly there are still many communities on water advisories in Canada. I’m from Toronto and there is a reservation 30 min away that don’t have drinkable tap water. With how much water we have it shouldn’t be someone’s reality living here 😔

[@izdatsumcp]

Well, yeah. If something is cheap, people will waste it. If it's expensive, they will be more careful with it. I don't see that as a bad thing. After all, it is cheap.

[@PG-3462]

@@abbyharamis6552 Water aqueducs are always managed by cities/villages. Thus, if the reservation near where you live doesn't have water it's because their reservation didn't build an aqueduc. It isn't the fault of the federal nor of the provincial government

[@abbyharamis6552]

@@PG-3462 It’s actually shared responsibility between the federal government and the reservations. It is up to the federal government to provide sufficient funding for water processing plants because not all reservations have enough money to build it with their money alone. The ISC is responsible for this funding. You can read this for more info www.sac-isc.gc.ca/eng/1314034319353/1533665196191

[@Expatriate1977]

I live in Colombia now and I'm sure we will be able to do super well in the next decades. Time to invest in water related business.

[@NateDjCube]

Luv ya too brother!💚 I'm from Ethiopia💛I think Ethiopian #1 Hydroelectric Dam in Africa & the very 1st Electric car assembled in Ethiopia ❤️ & etc... Are playing a great role! Hope to see your smart & well balanced documentary about Ethiopia very soon!

[@Pichuuh]

If the ''water empire'' ever happens, Brazil would be the best at since he has the highest volume of renewable fresh water resources

[@ezrasantos]

that's only if the amazon isn't turned to desert under the hooves of cattle ranchers

[@maestria5640]

No, Brazil should not exist when this time comes, politicians are a big problem and our army its too little in terms of size and a lot behind in tech and power to defend the brazilian territory.

[@tvbox4ktv770]

@@maestria5640 start tô change...

[@leechn4000]

No Dr congo

[@Dankschon]

Em breve todos vocês vão estar escrevendo em português-BR

[@georgbreckmann584]

Graphene membranes offer a cost-effective way to desalinate. Another solution is something that I ran into as a fluid power engineer. Whenever you compress air, the water that was in it comes out of it and falls to the bottom of the holding tank or vessel. If we used our windmills to drive air compressors and peacock relief valves to blow off the water that accumulates at the bottom of compressed air holding tanks, we would easily capture a lot of water. The peacock or float valve works as the rising level of water floats up sometimes a level arm that opens a valve at bottom of tank. The surrounding air pressure, usually 150-250 psi, then drives the water out. In industrial pneumatics, this is treated as a nuisance. After all, you have the air accumulator (storage tank) pro provide compressed air power to either process equipment or air-motor driven tools. A simple relief valve at top of tank can ensure that pressure never rises beyond an easily set table and adjustable range. I do not know why we are not doing this on a wide scale.

[@AlecMuller]

I totally agree about graphene, and I think it's likely we'll see it become commercially viable in the near future. It also seems like something you could retrofit an existing desalination plant to use (vastly reducing the energy required per unit of fresh water). I think the economics of compressed air energy storage are having a hard time competing with chemical batteries for lifecycle cost, and while fresh water is a nice byproduct, it probably doesn't have enough economic impact to justify compressed air when desalinated water is less than $0.01 per liter.

[@ec5247]

nice

[@juandominguez595]

When dealing with the air compressors at work, I remembered having to regularly drain the compressor air tank before going home.

[@TheBooban]

Water out of air? I would think in arid regions the air doesn’t have so much water. And what would they do with all that compressed air?

[@hainleysimpson1507]

Greed and stupidity.

[@smallstudiodesign]

Canada has 20-25 % of world’s best cleanest purest fresh water ... and the most untouched natural rivers.

[@brendonwarne6837]

From my point of view, we need to focus on following 1 reforestation - increase the rain 2 management of river flow - most of river water are wasted in seas 3 install desalting plant 4 most important control on population

[@july9566]

Let's be real the only place where population control needs to happen is Asia. Everywhere else it's healthy . You literally get rid of 90% of China and India and things will go back to normal .

[@indigorager]

5.Stop eating beef

[@drivenbyrage5710]

"In the future, there will be water wars." - Cleveland Brown

[@sutapasbhattacharya9471]

It is part of the reason why Communist China occupies Tibet where most of rivers of both China and the Indian subcontinent originate. There are already concerns with dams reducing flow into the Brahmaputra. But on the positive side, India's control of most of Kashmir means that India has control over the sources of most of Pakistan's water. Pakistan, which is always on the brink of economic bankruptcy, also has the third least amount of accessible water per capita so it is very vulnerable. The Indus Treaty regulates how much of the water India can keep for itself - and India has not violated this. However, after recent terrorist attacks by the Paks, Indian PM Modi decided to take up all of India's allocation [in the past India had been generous in not taking all we were entitled to] as one of the counter-measures against the Terrorist-stan.

[@suemills4434]

@@sutapasbhattacharya9471 and who wins when we all start fighting each other? Looks like arms dealers designed this plan where no one wins

[@dra6o0n]

Except we are at the point where we have the tech to generate water from our atmosphere or filter generic water. Yet people fight over springs and mountainous waters... Had the industry not pollute river waters or streams we'd still have them.

[@bingderidder9214]

Huzzah, a man of culture aswell

[@VerifyTheTruth]

Polluting And Poisoning Our Water Is A Form Of Warfare Against Innocent Civilians.

[@mayurbhor2231]

Remember the guy who made millions in The Big Short Movie , He is currently investing in water ..

[@ifukill7538]

Is he? Lol he knows what's going on😂

[@mayurbhor2231]

@@ifukill7538 Yes he is , Micheal Bury (played by Christian Bale) in the movie

[@mercedbread9045]

@@mayurbhor2231 he recently said he exited all his water holdings and is now focusing on Japan corporates

[@DanielLopez-sh2pp]

@@mercedbread9045 haha. He right you know. But Japan is closing doors to investors.

[@1mol831]

Antarctica water....

[@jazikidd9782]

You have the best videos ever. Thank you for all the work you put into each one.

[@Jaws10214]

Here in Canada, any land that anyone purchases, does not include the water that resides on said land. This goes for everything from swampy marshes, to rivers and lakes. Private entities arent allowed to own our water. And it's for reasons just like this.

[@TheDubass]

My friends do not become addicted to water, It will take a hold of u and u will resent it's absence

[@MonsterSandwich99]

But I'm a hydro homie

[@ahsanashfaq4430]

IMMORTAN JOE!!!

[@SomasAcademy]

There was no "Mayan Empire", the Maya were a civilization of disparate city-states that shared a common cultural foundation, similarly to the classical Greeks.

[@dhjghggdfh115]

Right 👍

[@Norman_Gunstan1]

“Maya” Goddess of Illusion

[@joer8854]

I think he's referring to a centralised government which benefits from taxation of its citizens.

[@SomasAcademy]

@@joer8854 There was no centralized government for the Maya as a whole.

[@chrisgould101]

Obvious you've never heard of the Viking empire.

[@ninaadkapoor6279]

Hey man. I love your work. Could you give me the link to the background music you used at 0:44?

[@Dankschon]

Isto explica o interesse internacional na Amazônia. A Amazônia é do Brasil, a Amazônia é nossa.

[@laisfernandes3528]

A amazônia é do titio Brasil, um presente da natureza para o povo Brasileiro.

[@senhox970]

É, mas por enquanto o maior problema são os produtores que desmatam e destroem a Amazônia

[@enzopereira3774]

É nossa e a gente tem que cuidar dela né kkkkkkkk

[@jeze8346]

Using more efficient technology in agriculture is something I agree with. 90% isn't a joke

[@JamesRoyceDawson]

This is why we really need to develop vertical farming, cultured meat and graphene sheets for desalinating salt water. That will radically reduce our need for water and increase our ability to use salt water as drinking water

[@heikefoth4624]

Good thinking James.

[@hainleysimpson1507]

@Stevie Rios But the wealthy are too stupid and corrupt.

[@rokpodlogar6062]

much easier to just grow food in salt water. algae etc

[@1991saulo]

@Stevie Rios the energy required to extract and refine nuclear materials is more than the energy it produces... the main advantage of nuclear power is how energy dense the fuel is and the fact that it doesn't produce waste locally... The way to go is research on free-energy... it is real and is being suppressed by oil companies who would lose trillions overnight and destroy countries who rely on it as a main source of income, not to mention America who needs that oil only be sold in dollars in order to artificially give value to the dollar... We already have the answers, but human greed stops progress, honestly we have to look at ourselves first and rectify our hearts... the rich don't have power over us, that is why they manipulate and lie, because they cant control.... but it is we that buy into this seduction because of our own greed, we are complicit in our own imprisonment The flashy cars, beautiful women, wealth and power... they seduce us with our desires, that is why shows like the Kardashians, showing beautiful rich women are so popular, but don't blame them, blame ourselves for being seduced... it is our vanity that enslaves us

[@imalostkiwi]

what will we do with all the salt?

[@waynecase2705]

Take a look at Singapore…a very small city state without resources,,no oil and no water. For energy I saw a video on how they are setting up the largest solar farm in Australia and will send the power under the sea back to Singapore. For water, I believe they have a desalination plant and are contemplating another but they are doing great research into vertical farming to provide food supplies rather than importing everything. Great ideas coming out of that little city state and we should be following and doing likewise to maximize resources that we have and finding ways to do “agriculture differently” in step with nature not opposed to it.

[@Mackape]

one way to make it easier for the desalination plats with energy need could be to use the excess heat produced from factories. Our town uses excess heat from a single factory to warm up our houses and ease up on the need for other sorts of heatsorces, and it works wonders.

[@ahmedsuleman8528]

What town are you from and how do you do this?

[@franklinpayero8382]

Desalination is the key of the future if we want be growing.

[@vengefulspirit99]

Franklin Payero it's still extremely expensive to build and maintain. Not to mention not every country has the technology for it. Until we make big breakthroughs it'll must be too expensive for some countries.

[@parthasarathyvenkatadri]

If fusion becomes feasible ... Water desalination would be within grasp

[@astikkumar2962]

@@vengefulspirit99 Also the supply of those desalinized water into the inlands will be expensive.

[@sean3533]

The expenses you guys mention are energy expenses. Nuclear power is the way to the future.

[@theragingcyclone]

Yes its the key which opens door to another disaster because desalination also produces brine as by product and it is much harmful to the environment.

[@denfool902]

Perth Western Australia has 2 desalination plants that makes up about 48% of the cities water supplies. Costly, but better then the past, when there were major water restrictions.

[@deblynch2234]

Den Fool, the govt has sold our water to the highest bidder, watering investment crops. Giving farmers zero allocation. They have done this through drought, diverted rivers, killed fish. They let towns run out of water, putting restrictions on Australians water use. For their Murry River Basin Scam. Water runs past farmers land and they cant touch it or afford the water prices. Govt kept doing this also through fire & covid. Still no water allocation to farmers. Borders are closed. Farmers need to plant crops now. Just add water! Hunger games? Honestly wake up to what's really going on. Control food & water, control the people. Do some research. BTW, FYI, Section 100 of our original 1900 constitution says you can't sell water. There is currently a high court case in process in the UK against our govt violating our constitutional rights.

[@jaredheine4076]

@@deblynch2234 section 100 is no different between 1900 and 2012. It is - 100 Nor abridge right to use water The Commonwealth shall not, by any law or regulation of trade or commerce, abridge the right of a State or of the residents therein to the reasonable use of the waters of rivers for conservation or irrigation. - This does not prohibit trade in water, it just prohibits said trade from abridging the right to reasonable use for irrigation. Which is something I do believe they are in breach of.

[@crystalwolcott4744]

Willing to bet this created a lot of new jobs too.

[@Ryan-tj7qc]

And Melbourne and Gold Coast

[@denfool902]

@@jaredheine4076 abridge the right of a State or of the residents therein" means that the commonwealth (Federal Government) can't control the rivers and water supply, the States have control of the rivers and water supply, State Governments.

[@NikhilSharma-wo5tu]

When it rains in India hundreds of people die of floods and related impact and when it doesn't farmers commit suicide. India just needs to manage the water resources and conserve the existing lakes and it would never run out of water. Bangalore was the example given here the city once had lakes in 3 digits, due to advent of modernisation and the economic growth the city lost most of the lakes and suffered water scarcity.

[@NinetooNine]

People who say that the USA will have to look elsewhere for water in the future usually overlook Alaska. Alaska has more freshwater than the rest of the United States combined. Also, for the same reasons Canada and Russia's water futures are secure, so are Alaska's. As global warming heats the earth and melts permafrost and glaciers, Alaska's water supplies will only increase over time. Add to this fact that Alaska is also 3 times larger than Texas and they have both the land (crops) and the water to support the USA going forward.

[@youtubeuser206]

Canada needs to invest in it's military to protect it's resources

[@jasons9157]

Us may help out

[@brianlong2334]

It and Australia are 24th and 21st out of 200 I'd say they are pretty good looking at how big the population's are.

[@MrAmisto]

We have technology, we build weapons for the US you know, ever hear of Raytheon?

[@darrensnorthernlife1184]

Agreed

[@markgilchrist860]

I would have thought that the current pandemic would change the thinking on military might as a solution. Obviously not . yet......

[@ceasaddict2531]

Thoughts after this video: Fuck it, I'm moving to Canada.

[@prepperjonpnw6482]

I would like it if you would put captions on each photo/video clip you show giving the location shown. Thank you

[@joshmcdonald9508]

I don't normally leave reviews like this, but that was a GREAT F_____ing video! I really didn't know as much as I thought I knew about water!

[@mayersherman]

Big issue with water desalination, not mentioned in the clip: Disposal of the brine. Pumping it back into the ocean destroys the ocean ecosystem

[@manumudgal4988]

We can use that brine in industry so... Problem solved

[@VanDeutscheHammer]

Delicious brined turkeys

[@MrCrunch808]

Salty foods? Or find a way to process it into something important and useable.

[@LukeTEvans]

pipe it to some desert flat

[@bademoxy]

what the hell, the Saudis have a quarter million miles of empty desert (where they COULD build entire cities for Palestinians to live,btw) in which to dump the brine.

[@unstoppableExodia]

Australia is a continent that has seemingly been in a state of perpetual drought and where the bulk of the population is on the coast where access to rivers is possible. The center is parched desert which could be utilized for farmland if a form of solar distillation was used to extract fresh water from sea water

[@bobilgner5396]

I do agree with a lot of the methods out there yet the desalination is the best way to go, its hard run the oceans dry and easy to finish the little fresh water we do have. Canada ,Russia and Argentina Water powers love the tone of that, water is liquid Gold after all.

[@ketanmurumkar3110]

Hi, Your videos are informative, but need to give one suggestion that Audio, sound is hitting to ear, If your voice could be soft spoken then its "icing on the cake".. Thanks.!

[@ravzb40]

You know what Jack? Props to you. Since the last month or 2, you've been putting out some top notch content. Keep this framework up 👍🏼

[@prashanttiwari5146]

I'm from India and I had no idea that this was a developing problem because as of now government is supplying me FREE WATER.. no water bill or anything

[@hmeffect7117]

WTF we have to pay water bill every month here in Rajasthan. And cost is only increasing. We also have water meter that record amount of water supply and we are charged for it.

[@prashanttiwari5146]

@@hmeffect7117 well, UP has plenty of water then I guess

[@bibeksinha1627]

@@hmeffect7117 what water meter wtf is this now ??!

[@kaushikdas5301]

@@hmeffect7117 in Assam it's free..almost in all seven sisters

[@kaushikdas5301]

@@hmeffect7117 you guys need to plant more tree so that ground water can be improved 😊 please plant tree in you state

[@sashamitsell2212]

We need to also expand and innovate hydroponic technologies. With these we can build up or add to new and existing buildings reducing area required and helping restore the environment.

[@paulheffernan2239]

There was a James Bond movie about this just a few years ago. Water really is the most important resource on the planet.

[@crazyfriendist]

as long as the Himalayas stand still Northern India wl never go short of Water....

[@tcchannel0452]

Our Himalayan mountains will be still until the collapse of this earth.

[@skandankumar]

@@tcchannel0452 I think china recently started claiming mt Everest as their part , so soon whole Himalayas will be claimed by them.

[@davidphillips7255]

Much of the water in Northern India comes from glaciers. When they are gone what then?

[@MrAkmind]

@@davidphillips7255 they will never get gone. they r much higher than normal mountains so ice will always form at that height

[@guerillachan20]

@@davidphillips7255 water pressure will determine rate at which it forms ice, lower pressure 🌧 water melts turning into solid. Solid then condenses into liquid.

[@abc_cba]

1:07 Thanks for using the metric terms of measurements, because almost everyone outside the US uses it and that makes 95% of the population. It's even more appreciated because you being from the US made it easy for us all. ⭐

[@godonlyknows13]

With energy costs continuing to fall, desalination will continue to become cheaper as well. Additionally, moisture farms are a thing now. Like from Star Wars. Google it, it's fascinating. So idk how applicable these water empires will be long term...

[@d4s0n282]

it depends how hard it is going to be to innovate, for exaple its quite hard to innovate for solar atm

[@shaileshparikh6920]

Nice work Jack Wonder if would do a investment opportunity video on water!

[@kaniro2465]

Damn, Canada is going to be da big daddy of Empires owo

[@cryptocode88]

Canada could be a massive player in a lot of things but their policies of being nice to everyone gets in the way of how they should be... Ruthless!

[@stevejohnson3357]

Sometimes you run across a beautiful sentence that says it all in just a few words. Here's one: "The Russians think the Chinese have been staring at their maps too long." Marq DeVilliers, Water.

[@smallstudiodesign]

Blue Gold - a novel by Clive Cussler & Paul Kemprecos published in 2000. Blue Gold: The Right to Stop the Corporate Theft of the World's Water, a book by Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke. Blue Gold: World Water Wars, a 2008 documentary film based on the above book. --- Many many other documents/documentaries about water being the future of what wars will be fought over.

[@elDavecr]

It is needed to transcision from food production techniques like agriculture to permaculture and hydroponics. We need to stop looking for ways to get more water and understand better ways to use the water we already have.

[@alexriddles492]

There is no shortage of water where I live. But, a few years ago I start a small permaculture planting and have been amazed how much more productive it is for the amount of labor. It's proven to be a very efficient production method.

[@valterzc8187]

Permaculture is a delusion, farming don't destroy water, after using it the water goes to the soil, rivers or to the clouds to create more rain, so the only countries were farming is a problem are the countries who use groundwater with not enough rains to refill it.

[@ms.hcomm1032]

Hey dude just wanted to comment that you are making amazing educational content. I think that you're gonna continue growing. This is the stuff they need to be teaching in schools.

[@RM-lk1so]

Especially to motivate young independent thinkers to work within the private sector. Fk the Government. They ALWAYS SCREW SHIT UP.

[@yureka88]

Hi Jack, I really enjoy your videos and your commentary is so engaging and thought provoking!🙂 Can you please create a video that discusses Iraq and its stock exchange. It will (in a matter of days) be part of the international platform. As it is ascending to an international exchange group, I have a lot of faith in the country and believe that along with the completion of the Faw Port, The Silk Road, and a train that will connect Iraq with Europe, Iraq is bound to be a formidable financial giant in the somewhat near future. 💪😉

[@fasilgebreselassie6988]

Very interesting but I have one question for you What's going on Ethiopian Big renisensse same?

[@arturocastro9654]

This reminds me of The Big Short, Michael Burry's one commodity he's investing on: water...

[@OgollaJr]

So investing in water is better than water? Isn't that sick?

[@peterau1720]

I follow him a bit. He’s not investing in just water. It’s how the water is used and where it’s going.

[@dingeaqgeaf1]

thank you for making this!! you need to make a video on alternative desalination methods outside of the reverse osmosis plants. they are energy inefficient and have a lot of difficult waste to deal with. there are energy neutral options like what aristotle described.

[@nattystrongman4925]

I've learned everything from human history, to things schools wouldn't teach, to things school teaches in just this one video.

[@cushconsultinggroup]

Great information. Thanks for sharing.

[@gabrielchaparro2136]

I never comment, but I just have to say I love your Videos. Amazing content here. You almost make me want to start an educational channel of my own. Thank you for your truly hard work and effort here. I look forward to all of your content.

[@roberthoople]

Scary... Oil grew power from a non-essential commodity. Maybe somewhat keeping those big powers in check and balance. Power based on water however, a vitally essential 'commodity', would grant absolute power without check or balance

[@silverace08]

vital thoughts

[@normanhairston1411]

How are the Great lakes counted in terms of US vs Canada's resources? I had read some time ago that the Great Lakes were collectively 20% of the world's liquid fresh water. Granted, the southwest US has water problems now and much of the central US will have problems once they finish pumping down the Olgalala aquifer, but the US as a whole has plenty of water.

[@jacobdoyle8951]

I think overall 60-80% of the lakes volume is Canadian territory

[@gkstudytime5799]

Good information documentary, for solving this problem all the countries should put hands together.

[@MohamedElsheikh22]

This video is so insightful , we are here in Egypt and probably lack of enough water is one of the main reasons of the poverty over the decades

[@DilshanBoange]

A brilliant video with great insight and a wealth of information about the shifts of economic power across the globe based on what is possibly the single most important element (next to air) for human survival - water. Thank you very much for this video which is very well presented and a pleasure to watch.

[@adityawattamwar6205]

"Vast quantities of fresh water" - That's the pharse I always listen from this types of videos😂😂

[@joyasdaterra2825]

The best solution out there is planting trees and use regenerative ecological systems to create, store, infliltrate, chare and decrease use of water. The technology is here in thw plant systems we don't need to invent new solution we just need to be smarter in out doing!!! Thanks for the videos!

[@henryjanicky4978]

Do not waste water at points of entering ocean's- pamp water from this point back where's come from.In our technology terms is easy by instilling huge pamp station and pipes made from recycled plastic.

[@GoznerPeter]

Plant trees? But where will the factories then go for the german and french who each buy a new car every 5 years? No, we can't have that sorry.

[@markjohnson5276]

If you watch the two movies, 'Casino Royal' and the sequel, 'Specter'. They dramatize this very scenario. The story culminates in Brazil over a huge underground lake.

[@shiloniousmonk]

Much easier to hear you now that you’ve lowered the music?👍

[@adelahogarth2761]

Australia is/was planning a series of 'aquifer recharge' projects to guarantee potable water to face climate change. I quite like the aquifer recharge project myself as it's literally a trench with shitloads of steel and cement. That helps drive riverbed water into subsurface channels. Australia has the largest underground 'lake' in the world. So super pressurized, the water literally sprays out of it near boiling. This near continent sized aquifer would supply a near endless source of freshwater, and it can be replenished through fairly simple means. Namely a shitload of trenches, steel and cement. It would cost less than relying on desal.

[@HoHonLeung]

interesting analysis. Thanks for sharing

[@jaffamanchang]

Run the desalinisation plant next to a Thoruim reactor, the reactor can power the plant and the reactor has a salt supply

[@89tuber]

sooo... sounds like Canada needs some freedom and democracy..

[@mr.johndoe2659]

@Kalvin Cusworth [Student] you didn’t get the joke

[@kitkat47chrysalis95]

@Kalvin Cusworth [Student] doubt

[@KyleC11]

We already have both of those ;) Thanks anyway!

[@tanbirnr2389]

16:14 which place is this...?

[@mdadnan2206]

Its giod but how you see fresh waters details ftom long rivers from nile orvins country? ?? Specialy east africa? ?????

[@chalopadhtehai2706]

It's all about innovation Those countries which endeavor to enhance innovative activities in their countries Those are going to be next super power.

[@crouchingwombathiddenquoll5641]

Why did NATO bomb the Great manmade river project in Libya ? North Africa would benefit from the fresh water.

[@SportsIncorporated]

I tried to invest in farming projects in Canada and Brazil some years ago. I forget what happened in Brazil; but in Canada I couldn't invest because I wasn't a citizen.

[@XxxXxx-fl4ck]

And Brazil?

[@francislililles8360]

upfront cost of desalination plans are the least of our problems the main issue with those are its enormous energy requirements and its by-product brine which is pumped back to the sea which will cause salinity to increase