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> There are regional shortages, but in the vast majority of cases that's a corruption and infrastructure problem.

This can also be said for most things which the globe has major problems with: Food, Education, Electricity etc...

Don't forget, that 1C of potable water also took quite a bit of electricity and infrastructure to make clean (assuming we are discussing most modern western water systems based on water treatment and not pure well water).

It is worthwhile, to examine how necessary aspects of our consumption are, in order to be more efficient and use fewer resources.




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