There Will Be Water

Posted by Matt in June 14th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Water, 100 Million, Blue Gold, climate change, Control, Decades, Drought, Economic Cooperation, Gathering Speed, Groundwater, Half Of The World, New Oil, Rush, Scarce Resource, T Boone Pickens, Urban Areas, Water Resources, Water Stress, World Population, World S Population

T. Boone Pickens thinks water is the new oil—and he’s betting $100 million that he’s right.
In the coming decades, as growing numbers of people live in urban areas and climate change makes some regions much more prone to drought, water—or what many are calling “blue gold”—will become an increasingly scarce resource. By 2030 nearly half [...]

China’s future water war with India

Posted by Matt in May 14th, 2008 | no comment

Published in China, India, Water, 100 Million, 100 People, Ambitions, Asia China, Blockade, Blockades, Blockages, Border, China War, Chinese China, gwadar, India, Last Ten Years, Machiavellism, Military Diplomacy, Military Infrastructure, Oil Supplies, Persian Gulf, River Brahmaputra, Tibet, Water War

Is there any end to Chinese ambitions in Asia? China wishes to dominate Asia with blockades, blockages, military diplomacy and political Machiavellism.
China’s building of the port of Gwadar at the mouth of the Persian Gulf in fact is meant to blockade the oil supplies of the world. Its military diplomacy is on display at the [...]

Russia’s dangerous decline

Posted by Matt in May 4th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Demographics, Russia, 100 Million, Alcoholism, Bearing, Birth Rates, Dangerous Decline, Demographic Forces, Family Formation, Government Efforts, Industrial Accidents, Nations Population Fund, Russia Population, Russia S Population, United Nations, United Nations Population Fund

THE United Nations Population Fund projected last week that Russia’s population will drop from 142 million today to 100 million in the next 40 to 50 years. The agency’s report praised recent government efforts to increase birth rates and extend lives. But not enough is being done to counter stark demographic forces: an impending decrease [...]

India and China: Inequalities in Asia’s Giants

Posted by Matt in November 7th, 2007 | no comment

Published in China, India, 1 Billion, 100 Million, Annual Growth Rate, Asia, China, Citizens, Contributor, Giants, Global Poverty, India, Inequalities, Last Fifteen Years, Most Populous Nations, Poverty Levels, Twenty Years, Widows

The growth of the world’s two most populous nations, India and China, is often cited as the largest contributor to the reduction in global poverty levels in the last fifteen years. With an average annual growth rate of 9.5 percent, China has lifted over 400 million of its 1.3 billion citizens out of poverty in [...]

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There Will Be Water

China’s future water war with India

Russia’s dangerous decline

India and China: Inequalities in Asia’s Giants

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