I'm no fortune teller, and I can't see the future. But it doesn't take any divination to foresee a demand in waste management. More specifically: water filtration and purification.
The imminent status of our water crisis is often neglected in our post-industrial society. North Americans live in a service-based economy, with an obsession for material goods. We always want MORE, and so far have done an excellent job in hoarding it.
We've all seen what happens when we run out of our goodies:
And this is just oil. Imagine what would happen if a bare necessity was at stake. Like, oh I don't know...WATER?
It's funny because countries with the most abundant sources of fresh water are militarily useless. Like Canada, Iceland, Denmark, and the Scandinavian states. Good game.
People need water. And we're wasting a lot of it. That is, North Americans. To my international audience, you've escaped the blame train. For now!
I'm sorry Americans, but I'm going to use you as an example. Just because it'll please oh so many people.
The annual flow of waste-water in the American Industrial system is 250 trillion pounds. That's just for industrial use. Commercial, domestic and recreational use is off the charts. Literally. It's quite impossible for anyone to track without attaining "Big Brother" status. Which we all would hate, right?
North Americans bathe. Daily. Sometimes multiple times in a single day. On average, we shower for 23 minutes. That's 42.3 gallons. There's really no need for me to cite my sources; how much water we waste is an ugly truth hiding in the (shallow) recesses of our guilty conscience.
We swim. We water our lawns. We wash our cars. We abuse water. And all the while millions of people die everyday due to water-related reasons, such as inadequate water supplies resulting in illness and extreme thirst.
There's no excuse for our behavior. There really is not. We abuse our water supply, and we won't stop. It's too inconvenient to, and North Americans will not sacrifice convenience to save the lives of foreigners living thousands of miles away. That's the truth.
So we try to "mitigate" our problem. We buy low-flow toilets for God's sake!
Fact is: water will always be abused. The only way to deal with a water crisis is to have more water!
Pretty soon, millions of people are going to be jumping on the water-saving bandwagon. Mainly because it looks nice, though. So! Are you ready to take the plunge?
The water supply is at risk. We need more of it. And we always will. Water is more important than oil. We actually need it.
Millions of gallons of fresh drinking water is wasted daily. We'll run out.
But we can recycle water. We can filter it and purify it! There's an intense proliferation of filtering companies, and more than enough places to invest. Put your money there, and let it sit. You won't regret it. The importance of water is constantly being realized, and we can't go on pretending that we don't have a water crisis.
So, to summarize:
People (especially North Americans) love water. We just love to use it. But we're running out of fresh drinking water. So we're going to need more. Due to technology, we're able to "re-use" water and purify it.
The largest demand in the world is for water. There always have been. Now the supply is dipping into dangerous depths, and, wait, can you smell that? MONEY.
Invest in water filtration, folks. You won't regret it.
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