No, this is not a post about religion. It’s a post about making money from investments in water supply infrastructure. And what about the wine? Well, nobody is stopping you from spending your money on a nice bottle of Bordeaux.
As I pointed out before, providing an ever-growing world population with safe supplies of drinking water is the challenge of the century. Solving this problem will require vast infrastructure investments all around the world. Companies working in this field are already posting substantial profits and it will only get better.
A recent post on Seeking Alpha discusses water shortages in China and puts some numbers on the investment opportunities.
Providing an ever-growing world population with safe and reliable drinking water supplies is the challenge of the century. Want to learn more? Have a look the this award-winning presentation.
Lisa Margonelli over at the Atlantic has a very in-depth article on termites, cellulosic ethanol and low-carbon energy supplies. Will termites solve the climate crisis? I don’t know, but it sure is a fascinating topic!
Here’s an excerpt from the article “Gut Reactions”:
Posted 08 September 2008
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Also tagged: biofuel, biokraftsoff, carbon, climate, ethanol, forschung, klima, kohlenstoff, nachhaltigkeit, naturwissenschaften, research, science
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