The Big Three of the 21st Century--Food, Energy and Water

Here at the beginning of the 21st century, the challenges are clear: the growing population is stressing the Earth's resources to the breaking point. The "big three" are Food, Energy and Water--whose initials ominously spell FEW. Looming shortages make human misery more likely as time passes without finding solutions. Will the 21st Century be known as the Century of Scarcity? Or will we find new technical, political and economic approaches to free humanity from want and discontent?

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Sunday, July 22, 2012

A drip of good news in the water picture

A large new aquifer has been found in Namibia.

Not only is that good news for the Namibians. Namibia is reasonably close to the Sahel, where famine is a constant threat . If the new water supply could be used to create a sustainable agricultural system in north Namibia, and the food transported further north, the food security of the entire region could be enhanced. Presumably the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Office of Capacity Building and Development, part of the Foreign Agricultural Service, is factoring in this new discovery.
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