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WHY WATER IS THE OIL OF THE FUTURE? By Akshay Kumar Imagine a day in your life without water? With water, water everywhere, it seems like the supply is almost magically endless. Turn on a tap or flush a toilet, and there’s water at your fingertips. People carry it around in trendy bottles. It even mechanically pops out of the ground from sprinklers! But for some, there’s not a drop to drink. Severe water shortages are affecting at least 400 million people right now. You may think that these problems are remote and do not affect us Kiwis; but currently here in Wellington, we are having water restrictions so we cannot use sprinklers. You must preserve water or face the consequences of water hoses also going and your showers. I’m here to persuade you why water is the oil of the future and we must look after this resource for our future. We cannot survive without it. We can survive without gold, silver and platinum but we need water. We must save water for our future. Climate change has increased the need for water. As land dries up farmers have to use more irrigation to water their crops. With the world’s population increasing there is more strain on fresh drinking water.

Water is like oil in many ways. Oil is essential in our lives. Without oil we would not be able to power our cars and produce enough electricity. Imagine biking to school instead. Water is needed just as much as oil. Water is blue gold, it’s terribly precious. We cannot survive without it. In the future countries could be exporting water like oil is exported from the Middle East and other countries. Unlike petroleum no technological innovation can ever replace water. We can power our cars with solar panels instead but we always need water. Wars might not be fought over oil or territory, but to quench thirst. We need to save water. Every little thing goes a long way. Try taking shorter showers, and using the half flush on the toilet when possible.

On average, every four days, another Australian farmer commits suicide? All this from lack of water. Australian farmers are experiencing the worst drought in Australian history; it is having devastating effects on food supplies and the economy -- not to mention their personal lives. Save water or this will happen to you too. The Waikato region is having a drought after the driest January in more than 100 years. Climate change is causing places to become hotter, drier and have low rainfall. We need to work as hard as we can to conserve water. The price of milk and meat is already rising. Milk costs more than coke. Save your water, save your lives!

Did any of you know that there have been steep drops in the size of Africa’s Lake Chad, Asia’s Aral Sea and Iraq’s marshlands? And it’s our all our fault! Stop polluting our planet and climate change will not occur so swiftly. We would have more fresh water. Think before you act or the consequences can be dear.

Can you believe that there is no more fresh water on Earth today than there was a million years ago? Yet today 6 billion people share it. More than 1.1 billion people worldwide do not have adequate drinking water and more than double are without adequate water for sanitation. Imagine corpses of both animals and humans lying on the ground decaying and decomposing. The noise of flies buzzing around them and the smell of death looming in the air. This has occurred because of lack of water. Is this our future? What is humanity doing about it? Do we really care or do we just shrug our shoulders and say,” well it’s not our problem”. Many of us believe that our individual actions at saving water will not make any difference. This is untrue! Save water or start drinking unhygienic, polluted water.

There are many initiatives that you should introduce around your home that save water and don’t cost a thing. You must only use the washing machine and dishwasher when it has a full load. Turn off the tap while brushing your teeth. Don’t risk the chance of losing everything. A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step, so let’s start now!