Our Global Water Crisis, Explained.

[@OurChangingClimate]

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[@JoaoPedro-qp9cw]

Your content is amazing! Thanks for your work If possible, could you talk about careers in sustainable development? I think it will be interesting for many people, including me, who want to work directly to address these issues but don't know the best direction to go

[@ParadymShiftVegan]

Could you cover this? Humans around the world drink 5.2 billion gallons of water and eat 21 billion pounds of food each day (Based on rough averages of water at .5-1 gallon (.75 gallons) x 7.5011 billion = 5.626 billion gallons of water and 7,605 metric tons of food produced per minute = 24.143 billion pounds of food per day.). However, just the *cows* around the world in our agriculture system drink 45 billion gallons of water and eat 135 billion pounds of food each day - *NINE TIMES* as much water and *SEVEN TIMES* as much food as ALL humans on planet earth -and I remind you, this is just cows, not chickens, ducks, sheep, pigs, turkeys, etc.! worldfoodclock.com/ www.dairyherd.com/dairy-resources/nutrition/Drinking-water-for-dairy-cattle-Part-1-122457414.html www.producer.com/2012/02/do-the-math-for-proper-pasture-populations/ In fact, according to the United Nations FAO, the livestock industry is the single largest user of land and water -causing massive land degradation and pollution. By any measure, it consumes a tremendous proportion of world fresh water and plant resources. www.fao.org/docrep/010/a0701e/a0701e00.HTM Even with our intensive factory farming practices, livestock STILL uses 30% of the Earth’s ENTIRE ice-free land surface, again according to the FAO. www.fao.org/docrep/010/a0701e/a0701e00.HTM Yet despite all of this, consuming animal products is completely gratuitious and we KNOW this because it is the OFFICIAL position of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (THE LARGEST ASSOCIATION OF NUTRITION PROFESSIONALS IN THE WORLD -consisting of *over 100,000 professionals* ) that "appropriately planned vegetarian, including VEGAN, diets are HEALTHFUL, nutritionally ADEQUATE, and may provide health BENEFITS for the prevention and treatment of certain diseases. These diets are appropriate for ALL STAGES of the life cycle, including pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood, adolescence, older adulthood, and for athletes. Plant-based diets are *more* environmentally SUSTAINABLE than diets rich in animal products because they use FEWER NATURAL RESOURCES and are associated with MUCH LESS ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE. Vegetarians and VEGANS are at REDUCED RISK of certain health conditions, INCLUDING ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE, TYPE 2 DIABETES, HYPERTENSION, CERTAIN TYPES OF CANCER, and OBESITY. Low intake of saturated fat and high intakes of vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes, soy products, nuts, and seeds (all rich in fiber and phytochemicals) are characteristics of vegetarian and vegan diets that produce lower total and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels and better serum glucose control. THESE FACTORS contribute to reduction of chronic disease." This paper was peer-reviewed based on data from over 120 different studies. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27886704 Furthermore, the British Dietetic Association has officially stated that a vegan diet "supports healthy living in people of all ages’ including ‘during pregnancy and breastfeeding.’" www.bda.uk.com/resource/british-dietetic-association-confirms-well-planned-vegan-diets-can-support-healthy-living-in-people-of-all-ages.html www.vegansociety.com/sites/default/files/BDA%20and%20The%20Vegan%20Society.pdf Beyond this, the Australian Dietetic Association in it's latest nutritional guidelines likewise officially states that: "Appropriately planned vegetarian diets, including total vegetarian or VEGAN diets, are HEALTHY and nutritionally ADEQUATE. Well-planned vegetarian diets are appropriate for individuals during ALL STAGES of the lifecycle." www.eatforhealth.gov.au/guidelines www.eatforhealth.gov.au/sites/default/files/content/n55_australian_dietary_guidelines.pdf Finally, the Dieticians of Canada (who are also Secretariat for the International Confederation for Dietetic Associations [ICDA]) have similarly officially stated that "appropriately planned vegetarian diets are healthful, nutritionally adequate, and provide health benefits in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases ... This position paper reviews the current scientific data related to key nutrients for vegetarians, including protein, iron, zinc, calcium, VITAMIN D, riboflavin, VITAMIN B-12, VITAMIN A, N-3 FATTY ACIDS, and iodine. A vegetarian, including VEGAN, diet can meet current recommendations for ALL of these nutrients ... Well-planned VEGAN and other types of vegetarian diets are appropriate for ALL STAGES of the life cycle, including during pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood, and adolescence. Vegetarian diets offer a number of nutritional BENEFITS, including LOWER LEVELS of saturated fat, cholesterol, and animal protein as well as HIGHER LEVELS of carbohydrates, fiber, magnesium, potassium, folate, and antioxidants such as vitamins C and E and phytochemicals. Vegetarians have been reported to have LOWER body mass indices than nonvegetarians, as well as LOWER rates of death from ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; vegetarians also show LOWER blood cholesterol levels; LOWER blood pressure; and LOWER rates of HYPERTENSION, TYPE 2 DIABETES, and PROSTATE AND COLON CANCER ... DIETETICS PROFESSIONALS HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO SUPPORT and encourage those who express an interest in consuming A VEGETARIAN DIET." www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12778049/ www.dietitians.ca/About-DC.aspx Each of these are the LARGEST scientific organizations of NUTRITION and DIET in each of their respective countries --which JUST SO HAPPEN to be some of the most medically, scientifically, and technologically developed nations IN THE WORLD!

[@ParadymShiftVegan]

And of course these calculations DON'T EVEN INCLUDE all of the water used on the vast amounts of CROPS which are grown that gets FED to the cows for their *entire lives* before they are killed. And again, this calculation *doesn't even* include all of the OTHER animals in the industry.

[@petehowson]

Great video. Love your work. Could you cover carbon footprint of blockchain/bitcoin? Article here may be of interest: www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Frdcu.be%2FbO6g9&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNENK6LvIjXY_FbrPnwehSalm0T3ZA

[@hamesjeff]

Our Changing Climate you know nothing about transportation

[@Gandalf-The-Green]

In the last three years It really came to my attention how weather patterns have changed in my hometown in SW Germany. There used to be much more precipitation during the summer months. Now we often see not a single drop for a month, the driest months being July and August. In my allotment, young apple and pear trees, but also fig trees, hazel bushes and grapes that were planted during the last years and already well rooted had to be watered regularly this summer. This used to be virtually unheard around here. You used to plant a fruit tree in fall, then maybe water it once or twice in the next summer, and it would be able to sustain itself from there on. I am afraid that restocking old forests and orchards is going to get much more difficult since young trees can't survive on their own here anymore.

[@maxschmidt1975]

I grew up and still live in Schleswig Holstein, Germany. When I was a kid we had snow every year nowadays I can't even remember the last time I needed to wear a ,,Schneehose"

[@mattheworegan5371]

Something tells me rich people going to space on rockets isn't the solution and is just the "quit game"

[@robinhood5627]

Let em go. It won't save them. Without constant resupply from Earth they will run into a billion problems with staying alive out there and eventually succumb to them. Same deal with living underground in a bunker, you can only do it for so long before things go south.

[@tamicute2610]

I have a feeling that is if the rich snobs just vanish into space, half of our problems which was created by those capitalistic pigs wouldn't even exist at all.

[@rurak2727]

That‘s not what SpaceX is about. They just made a deal with the US military to make it possible to ship material of up to 80 tons anywhere in the world in less than an hour. So SpaceX is made to uphold US global hegemony, not grant rich people access to space

[@robinhood5627]

@@rurak2727 There's always a second angle. Watch this space(x)

[@acemoore7204]

Space travel is just a write off for the rich. Wasting what resources we have on egotistic child's play! They could really change the planet, if they spent the money on planting more trees.

[@potatotuberdisease3706]

Doing your part isn't enough. Each one of us has to reach out to more people and bridge a chain reaction

[@mariosvourliotakis]

i wish my friends would listen to me and not make fun of my choices..

[@potatotuberdisease3706]

@@mariosvourliotakis I used to be one of those people. Neil DeGrasse Tyson did it for me in his show "Cosmos."

[@robinhood5627]

@@mariosvourliotakis Indeed. I work with 100s of people and not a single one of them gives a shit about climate change. I bring it up often and I am told to fuck off, it's a hoax, or "I had no idea!, but I recycle so I'm doing my bit" (or go away because I am going to nothing) nobody cares.

[@rurak2727]

Or we just tax billionaires 1% of their income and we have all the means to solve these problems

[@robinhood5627]

@@rurak2727 If only it were that simple huh? I could write an essay to you about how fucked we all are and we can't stop it happening anymore, we are out of time. But I just got in from work I really CBA anymore.

[@asa.pankeiki]

Since we’re talking abt water, please do a video on Nestle’s atrocities on water soon

[@asterasea3568]

@Geek X so using a viable drinking supply that the city of flint could use and instead bottling it up and selling it back to them isn't an atrocity?

[@asterasea3568]

@Geek X jobs, maybe? do you know how hard it is to get a job? or are you twelve? leaving your hometown is no easy task, especially when you have an entire network of people there. and nestle has no "good" money either. that corporation was quite literally responsible for the deaths of thousands of babies during an infant formula scandal, as well as admitting to using slavery to make their chocolate. why not fix the water? what is the reason to charge people for the water that could very easily be distributed to them? it's economically better, too, since you presumably care about capitalism so deeply; revitalizing flint will create more jobs and allow more people participate in the local economy.

[@yyyaaa3928]

@Geek X That's your reply to the whole argument? Really?

[@lestone2530]

There is a documentary that covers some of it, it is called "Tapped" .

[@kayseek1248]

But coffee addicts need their coffee!

[@wiblet]

man this channel sure has a lot of ways of telling me i'll never live to see my 30s

[@lonenomad8583]

It’s all fearmongering and outright lies

[@wiblet]

@@lonenomad8583 silence boomer

[@lonenomad8583]

@@wiblet why? Don’t like facts?

[@lonenomad8583]

@@wibletwater scarcity in smaller villages in Egypt is due to irrigation of the Nile and NOT temperature related... most water scarcity is also due to the total lack of disrespect and misuse of water. The average rainfall in places they are claiming is seeing less such as where I am from in England has been stable for a very long time in fact there are many ways to view the evidence of this. Before insulting me do real research or don’t speak

[@wiblet]

@@lonenomad8583 cus i have a degree in this

[@theligerloverman]

Damn everything is just so sad.

[@OurChangingClimate]

I'm gonna try to make some more hopeful videos soon!

[@hivram]

It is sad but you can make a difference : try to not use plastics bags at a shop take yours or use Ecosia it’s an app and it’s like google but every 45 search they plant a tree and it is free!

[@KJSvitko]

@@hivram Ecosia is helping to plant tress all over the world with their profits. It is a great search engine that does not track your searches.

[@hivram]

Kenz300 x yeah I use it to and in the comments I told many people to try using it

[@pasticcinideliziosi1259]

Hivram sometimes it’s a bit buggy but it’s a great idea

[@STREZZD]

that visuals are incredible appealing.

[@duckintheheadlights7906]

Its to distract u from the fact that astronauts recycle water 😆😆😆

[@mariet132]

I'm from Melbourne. We've just been informed yesterday that over 80 suburbs now have contaminated drinking water due to recent storms. Thanks for shining light over such an important issue! 🌏

[@johnlane8053]

The Coalition Government in Australia is trying to legislate to make gas power a 'clean energy' solution. Your video aptly explains why Australians can't let the Government get away with such corrupt behaviour.

[@manuxx3543]

In Europe (france) they want to remplace nuclear plant with wind-power/solar pannels and balance the power scarcity with coal centrales from germany So clean energy, not clean to produce, becoming more expensive and producing way more carbon

[@manuxx3543]

@@TheRybka30 There's some debate on the efficiency vs the cost but yeah because if the nuclear doesnt backup when there's no wind nor sun, then it's up to fossil energy, and it defeats all the investement

[@frank_calvert]

People should try and see if the idea of a coalition is unconstitutional. I doubt that it is legal.

[@YourCapyFrenBigly_3DPipes1999]

@@manuxx3543 hopefully Thorium as a nuclear fuel will become viable soon. China is already working on it.

[@גיאדרי]

You should do few videos about solutions. In Israel there are some, from drip irrigation, air and aqua farming, gray water cleaning, pipelines across the country, gadgets on fossets and a lot more. It made the land from deserts and swamps to a farmable land.

[@octave214]

Yes would love to see more stuff about possible solutions!

[@גיאדרי]

@Geek X Netafim is a great company, but it alone cant bring the solution. We have so many companies and patents dedicated to water conservations.

[@Bee_Healthier]

Maybe show the palestianins some humanity first and get them working water considering 90% of them dont have it; and then we can move onto solutions for climate change. I want no part of any solution that only helps the rich oppressors at the top, while leaving innocent populations like palestanians to die, which they will.

[@KickKnete]

Isn't the beef industry one of the most waterintensive and rainforest destroying industry today?

[@x-Machina]

It is! Vegan eating would free up many nations worth of water intake even if you just ate almonds lol

[@raresmocanu1743]

@Geek X hey, you don't have to eat them. Just shooting a bunch of people would reduce the drain on Earth's resources drastically.

[@Bee_Healthier]

@@raresmocanu1743 The problem with that is the people who would be killed off are defenseless (aka no arms or weaponry of there own) Are typically also the least responsible for climate change. While sure everyones individual actions DO MATTER; we share none of the blame for scale of the pollution, which has been around before many of us were even born. I was born into a world that leaked plastic into me, Born into a world with oil spills on my coast, born into a world many think unsurvivable without A/C. So commiting genoicide is a unforgivable act as the people most responsible for changing climates will be the ones that are spared, while those at the bottom will be sacrificed for just a few moments, rather then you know that guy Bezo's who makes 4,000$ a second and could solve this whole crisis if he wanted; but he actively chooses not to as its not in his best interests for power/money.

[@raresmocanu1743]

@@Bee_Healthier I appreciate your complex argument and found it very interesting. However, I was merely satirising the shitty cannibalism comment. You kinda wasted that effort.

[@Bee_Healthier]

@@raresmocanu1743 Life is wasted effort. And ill stop when I die ~ Paraphrasing RIck and morty. For real though; I just want to spread the message that genocide is never okay on innocent people. NEVER OKAY.

[@SD-tj5dh]

Humanity: Creating long term damage for short term gain.

[@SD-tj5dh]

@Geek X I live in the UK I can't even do that 😅

[@mikaxms]

We’re such a great species with cutting down trees, poisoning water sources and mismanaging the available water.

[@coastaku1954]

Except won't making everything plant and paper based increase deforestation?

[@mcearc3993]

Awesome video, like always. In germany we got a huge problem with NOx in the groundwater, caused by the huge farm animal population. Most of the people know about it but almost nobody talks about it

[@Nyocurio]

Yeah, it's gotten so bad that the EU itself (which many people think Germany leads), actually sued Germany over it.

[@KJSvitko]

Speak up for the future of the planet. Join in and get active in your community. We need Climate Action Now not in 2030 or 2050.

[@specialopsdave]

They mean "by 2030" not "at 2030"; As in, 10 years from now to completion, not beginning 2030

[@amandadutra9891]

Thanks for your videos!!! I study a lot, and I confess that most of what you say I already know, but your work is so great that make me wish to watch all of them. You are making a lot of difference in the world!

[@SharonnAf]

I have learned so much from this channel since I found it a couple of months ago, and I have done what I can in my power to help. Thank you for the educational content!

[@sanjayplays5010]

Fantastic video! What about the impact of meat consumption? The amount of water that goes into producing one pound of meat far outstrips the amount saved from brushing one's teeth. It feels like this should be one of the main issues to look at if we want to tackle the water shortage.

[@montseglz3242]

I'm doing a project on how we can use new technologies to reduce the amount of water agriculture uses, and through all the research I've done, I found there are already so many solutions! Those technologies aren't that hard to implement, and neither are they too expensive, but parts of the agriculture industry aren't willing to change what's been working for them, even if it affects everyone around them. It's frustrating that there are so many smart people with solutions to everything, but no ones willing to change.

[@OurChangingClimate]

That's awesome! What solutions have you found so far?

[@montseglz3242]

@@OurChangingClimate There are some simple but effective ones like drip irrigation, but the ones I find most interesting are the ones that implement sensors and algortithms to calculate exactly how much water is needed for the soil and the crops. There are also systems that are programmed to water the crops at a certain time so not too much water is evaporated. I'm a mechatronics mayor so I love finding out ways tech is being used to create solutions, and I'm especially interested in water management, since scarcity is a big problem where I live, and it could've easily been prevented. Btw love your videos!!! 😆

[@montseglz3242]

@Andreas Sagen yeahh definitely, there are farmers who aren't able to change their infrastructure, but there are many large agricultural companies who keep using technologies that affect lots of people. But yeah, I totally get why lots of farmers can't change their infrastructure. 😊

[@montseglz3242]

@Andreas Sagen Yeah if what they use is working, and if there are no regulations, the corporations won't change. 😪 I'm actually from Mexico, and there's a big corporation in my city that pumped all our water. The area that I live in had a lot of underground water, now most people in our city have no water, AND the water we do have is contaminated with arsenic because of another company. 😅😔 It's really sad how things like this happen all over the world. Btw there's a really good PBS documentary called "H2O: The molecule that made us", it really puts things into perspective. 😊

[@onepiecebarca]

Your channel is a metaphor for how people act regarding to climate change. A lot of people subscribe to your channel just like a lot of people subscribe to the idea of reversing climate change or going green or carbon free etc but only a few of those people actually bother to take action just like only a fraction of your subscribers watches your videos or engages with your channel in other forms as well.

[@suprithAnCom]

I am seeing lot of droughts followed by heavy floods here from 3 years, in South India. It's poor people who will suffer from the environmental damage made by Rich people...

[@eatingcereal5646]

@Geek X It isn't anybody's "fault" for being in poverty.

[@Istaiteyeh]

I cannot express enough how amazing the graphics in your video are

[@ivypellerin3166]

Would you consider doing a video about infrastructure and the environment? I'm in Civil Engineering and was learning about water management systems and it was crazy some of the things I learned. One thing i learned is that cities draw water from lakes. Its used treated and put back into the lake 3× cleaner than it was before. My teacher mentioned that it would save so much water and chemicals if they just used the outgoing water again. I ask why that isn't the case and he said "people dont like the idea of drinking water that's come from their toilets" and i was so furious! They use this practise in California and I think it should be adopted anywhere possible. Also anyone let me know if I'm wrong or if I'm missing something haha

[@TheKillingJoke123]

Thanks for this, very educational and thought changing, will be implementing water saving techniques throughout my household. KEEP IT WET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@zumabbar]

i really wish such water crisis won't get much worse than this... i'm really grateful that i am in a position of water supply available to me most of the time.

[@newsinspace7174]

8:45 “well worth it” 😂 Great Video and Joke too

[@lemonrose1254]

Love your videos! Always educating on the far reaching topics. I have hope in humanity tho and I think what we need now is hope and serious action to change

[@lucapasvolsky1677]

your my favorite youtuber - keep this amazing content and work up!

[@SonoraD.]

I’ve watched a documentary called Lords of Water about water commoditisation. It is very good.

[@vidincrisis]

literally unfathomable to me that there are whole cities and countries that never have had to worry about clean drinking water

[@mynamejeff3545]

It's weird, but even in the Netherlands, a river delta nation next to the sea, we're having trouble with drought. No one here ever had to worry about drinking water, but now nature and agriculture are suffering as water reservoirs that date back to the Ice Age dry up :(

[@25mbl1995]

End capitalism. Save the water.

[@teresaribeiro8489]

Thank you for the ‘there’s something we can do’ part otherwise I’d just be so sad every time

[@shaunaburton7136]

The biggest little farm is an amazing movie. People work hard to make a organic farm work but the farms in California and wildfires and drought will ultimately be the deciding factor if the farm will make it.

[@isabelv9408]

YES THANK YOU FOR THIS! people need to learn more about water scarcity

[@miss_xenia_]

Love that there are sources on every slide! Makes it a lot more usable/useful for Uni students 🙌🤓

[@LogicGated]

Hoping to see a video on Nestle some time in the future.

[@Xob_Driesestig]

Minor OCD-vex when at 2:18 the circle goes around the hurricane in the opposite direction that the hurricane is turning.

[@Noukz37]

Faucets and showers? What about beef, almonds and cotton? It seems like a wasted opportunity that that wasn't mentioned more in this video.

[@shaunaburton7136]

You should try and get a deal with Netflix. Your little videos are very important and informative.

[@yenziwemotha3049]

An American finally experiencing what being an African feels like. Beautiful to see.

[@ricardorehlander348]

Absolute great video! thank you for this important work!

[@jdc1up]

It's always so inspiring to watch these videos

[@juliaisagoodwitch]

I always learn something new while watching your videos. 💙

[@lucasfurieri717]

OCC which software you use for your videos? Adobe premiere + after effects? Thanks man. You channel is awesome!

[@joellee9831]

The earth does not belong to man, man belongs to the earth. All things are connected like the blood that unites us all. Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself. Chief Seattle

[@Plataprojectile]

Just wanted to give a heads up that you missed the Central Valley by about 200 miles (it's not a specific location but rather a region south of the SF Bay Area), but otherwise great work!

[@ol7980]

if i was president, i would create a team of climate scientists and activists, and i would make sure you were on it, possibly as the face of the campaign, because you speak so confidently and clearly. thank you for the great videos :)

[@likeadino8580]

Don’t wanna crush them bright dreams but to do this you would have to be accepted by the house since president is a high role but most likely not the highest:(

[@ol7980]

@@likeadino8580 yeah i actually want to be a movie director, it’s been my passion since age 10, but there are times when i see how fucked the world is and want to change it, hopefully the art i create will be enough to help people cope :)

[@likeadino8580]

:)

[@cherylharewood2549]

Thank you for the information.

[@navyaashok4844]

I love your videos so much. Thanks!

[@jasminatf]

It saddens me that government (at least mine) hasn’t even acknowledged this problem, let alone climate change

[@JonathanB00K3R]

I come to this channel when I want to see everything humanity is ruining and how everything we do goes against our long term interests.

[@DavidElzeitsinfill]

One thing we need to do is move water from the ocean back inland to places we need it and if we can do that while generating clean energy we have a chance to mitigate climate change and still have a prosperous future. It is really, really hard but it is not impossible. The biggest idea I am trying to express is tunneling aqueducts from the coast, in this case the west coast of the USA inland to feed combination geothermal power and sea water desalination plants. The idea seems to be so big that no one has considered it possible but I believe it is not only possible but it is necessary. For over a century the fossil water contained in aquifers has been pumped out to feed agriculture, industry and municipal water needs. The natural water cycle cant refill fossil water deposits that were filled 10,000 years ago when the glaciers melted after the last ice age. Without refilling these aquifers there is not much of a future for the region of the United states. As a result ground levels in some areas of the San Joaquin Valley have subsided by more than 30 feet. Similar fossil water depletion is happening in other regions all around the world. TBM and tunneling technology has matured and further developments in the industry are poised to speed up the tunneling process and it's these tunnels that are the only way to move large volumes of water from the ocean inland. The water is moved inland to areas where it can be desalinated in geothermal plants producing clean water and power. In many cases the water will recharge surface reservoirs where it will be used first to make more hydro power before being released into rivers and canal systems. It's very important however to not stop tunneling at these first stops but to continue several legs until the water has traveled from the ocean under mountain ranges to interior states. Along the way water will flow down grade through tunnels and rise in geothermal loops to fill mountain top pumped hydro batteries several times before eventually recharging several major aquifers. What I am proposing is essentially reversing the flow of the Colorado River Compact. Bringing water from the coast of California first to mountaintop reservoirs then to the deserts of Nevada and Arizona and on to Utah, New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming. This big idea looks past any individual city or states problems and looks at the whole and by using first principles identifies the actual problem and only solution. Thank you for your time, I would like the opportunity to explain in further detail and answer any questions

[@eyadkikati-Copyright]

Thank you!

[@kien-pham]

Thank you for the video :) informative as usual

[@georgepalmer5497]

The giant Oglala aquifer in the central plains is also running dry. That will also put pressure on agriculture. Someone needs to offer a billion dollar prize to anyone who can find a cost effective way to desalinate sea water. By "cost effective" I mean competitive with the water run off in temperate climates. Also, the cost of disposal of waste brine has to be figured in.

[@andydutton455]

Our agriculture system needs to change.

[@stratonov]

Please help me how you made such an excellent visuals, I need something like that for my college report

[@TheFourthWinchester]

Beef industry, soda industry have to banned throughout the world first. This is scary.

[@abarbar06]

Freeing access to water to market will allow the price to be dictated by supply and demand; If water is scarce, it will be more expensive, incentivizing conservation while people will innovate to produce more and save more

[@hrep14]

The earth itself is a recycling system, instead of working against nature you need to work with it. The major cause of water runoffs during a time of plenty rain is poor soil hydrology. There are many people who have proved through projects that it is possible to restore arid and deserted land back to productive and natural landscapes that retain good soil hydrology and restores water systems naturally. The problem is that our mindset is always about taking for profit and not giving back to keep the natural habitat healthy. Some farmers and conservationists minded people understand this but sadly they are in the minority.

[@yuuri9064]

:( (You have very informative and well-researched videos, and great visuals. I just feel so powerless sometimes)

[@Stalinsmustache]

get this man some views.

[@8bitvince189]

It's gonna be difficult. On one hand the price for clean water supply is gonna have to increase so that it forces people to use it more efficiently and not waste. On the other hand, the rising cost of water will make it harder for a lot of people to attain the resource. Like, how do we enforce these changes on a resource that is so vital for our survival?? (I'm no expert and there's more variables to deal with. That's just how I see it rn)

[@bamiebal6242]

The average american could easily half their water consumption by paying some attention. I dont know about water bills over there but I'm paying €12 a month for a 4 person household that's one hour of min wage for such a vital resource. Increasing price will only become significant for the real offenders.

[@julienleroux5149]

The solution is a plant-based diet. Animal agriculture is the number one cause of water use and pollution.

[@jamesshepard3]

Grouping all agriculture together when animal agriculture is by far more water intensive (and a key driver of Amazon deforestation) is a little disingenuous.

[@robertcallaghan4029]

excellent work

[@danishbutter1847]

the diverse species of native plants and nitrogen rich species play a huge role to the earth's soil and not just trees since the trees can only be relevant at their job if it weren't for amazing potential of the soil's nitrogen absorption from rain spells and it's bio diverse bacteria for all plants species to survive this is why bio diversity is so important and is where the true nutrients comes from and recycled natural dead matter wastes and rock minerals for plants is what makes a crop pop vigorously and produces for humans to consume.

[@KarolaTea]

Now I wonder what agriculture is doing with arsenic...

[@xraikagex7139]

Are u not gonna talk about animal agriculture?

[@LUCA54]

Good video!

[@kate880728]

I'd like to believe that we as a societies and countries facing the same huge challenge, would cooperate and implement the best possible solutions. But to be honest, we somehow cannot even convince some politicians that climate change is real. We can't shift to green energy or more sustainable process of making clothes (which also requires a lot of water) or consume less meat. We live like there's no tomorrow. And so many people simply don't care. Sad but true.

[@spiderdijo7]

Cheers Annie

[@elucid8d]

yo i LIVE in the central valley!!! san joaquin ppl wya

[@shaunaburton7136]

The south and south west is now in a water crisis. Very scary

[@braaap5681]

Who else is drinking water while watching this?

[@nikolai3847]

WHY not address the elephant in the room? Animal agriculture and meat production use massive amounts of water. Just one beef burger requires 700 gallons!! Imagine how many showers you could take with 700 gallons! Animal consumption is way too high and must be drastically reduced to avoid water scarcity and climate collapse.

[@thecollectoronthecorner7061]

No it dont. 700 gallons for a pound of beef. That is a lie. The water a cow drinks or consumes in its feed or used to grow its feed doesnt magically disappear. Its still here. Man cant make any tangible element including H2O into nothing. and a cow cant also. Man also cant make something from nothing. Every thing in on or about the planet is a natural thing. And it will always exist some place some how and in some manner. Man or livestock cant add too or subtract from what is always present. For every action there is a equal and opposite reaction. So it all comes out Even Steven.

[@Vinegaroon]

More trees more grass, slow water across the landscape, let it seep into the soil. Let it fill the aquifers.

[@jamesruscheinski8602]

Would it help to build more man made lakes where there is rain to collect more fresh water?

[@acemoore7204]

At least home prices in California will be drastically reduced in the near future!

[@KbB-kz9qp]

Maybe Cali should reduce Agricultural output by 50 percent. Would that make things better?

[@timtimterex2506]

The only solution would be the profit that companies would make from the crisis. More demand and less supply would mean more money for a litter of water, which would make finding more ways to provide water more profitable and thus the supply will go up and the prices will go down. Just like when the world taught the crude oil was about to drain up, it became profitable to suck it up from the ocean.

[@Inziagold]

Water bellow is thirst. Wawa above is without thirst.

[@anderhagea553]

You know maybe some countries are experiencing water shortages because of oh... They're in a desert? Also water doesn't just disappear it goes against the law of conservation.

[@specialopsdave]

Water usage isn't the issue; it's water waste. You can process and reuse wastewater and stop wasting clean water, so it's not how much water we use, but how we get it.

[@mariaguadaluperizo8661]

❤❤❤❤desprogramacion de los egregos canvio climaticomental al infinito❤❤❤

[@robertcallaghan4029]

I'm totally shocked you guys didn't delete my comment because that almost never happens on climate videos, so I decided to reward you with another comment about green energy...

[@佐藤貴紀-j3u]

全世界で起きている異常気象による自然災害や自然火災、ゲリラ豪雨や気候変動を食い止めるには、全世界の政府が植林活動を行う際に、現地にショベルカーとトラクターと散水車を導入して植林活動を行うだけでなく、水源を掘り起こして大きな水場を作る事も異常気象に対抗する手段だと思う‼️

[@isupportthecurrentthing.1514]

The solution is veganism .

[@isupportthecurrentthing.1514]

@@scumparasite2014 No one has ever gone vegan because they were forced to. Was it unethical when black people forced white people to give them rights ? This is absurd reasoning . As to your solution , I don't really understand it . 40% of what ?

[@GiantBiggBear]

Terry Fandango it’s a troll don’t bother with it

[@willduncan3865]

Thank you for describing how big ag is a climate change contributer. Many people don’t understand just how much leverage big ag has in politics.

[@entethony208]

Since the meat industry is the one with the largest water usage by far, we could also eat less meat...

[@sleepycatgamer]

Wow... Talking about water scarcity without mentioning the biggest cause... Animal agriculture.

[@sethnetas4896]

People are suffering,political action is required I am afraid that might happen to me.

[@blitzkrieg7826]

this it a cool vid.

[@Hotdog_Love]

Do u know anyone i can donate to Help the environment like team trees or somthing?

[@sarahsagar2129]

Ecosia as your search engine plants trees. They have many projects worldwide.

[@Hotdog_Love]

@@sarahsagar2129 already got it but thx anyways

[@catlat3606]

Support Ecosia and The Ocean Cleanup. I think you can donate directly to the latter

[@Hotdog_Love]

@@catlat3606 thx

[@hivram]

Ecosia it is free and it is like google they plant trees every 45 search

[@georgedavidson2111]

"In the year 10,836 BCE around 9% of the Earth's terrestrial biomass, on an area of some 10,000,000 square kilometres, which as big as the area of the US, burnt within several months."

[@duggydugg3937]

big ag is draining the Ogallala and Colorado river

[@mariaguadaluperizo8661]

❤❤❤❤desprogramacion mental al infinito❤yeshua❤la muerte no existe❤

[@kolendamp3360]

There are a lot of positive arguments, what about that?

[@jackpanella3285]

The problem in California can be traced to a manmade inversion in Millet Swale Basin, southeast of Snowflake, Arizona. The inversion was intentionally formed approximately 15 years ago and intentionally maintained for the better part of the past 15 years, for personal gain. The inversion compromised the efficiency of the entire global cooling system and stored excess heat in the ground. As an analogy, one day you decide to rearrange the living room, on the sunny side of the house, and you absentmindedly place a chair in front of the cooling vent for the living room. The entire house heats up because the air conditioner is working less efficiently, due to the excess pressure at the blockage. Remove the blockage, and the house cools down. I permanently destroyed the inversion in early June of 2022. The Southwest Drought is over. Climate Change of the past 15 years is being reversed. Love, Superman