Will water become more valuable than oil?

Yes

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by Stacy Zahn

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Water. Seems like a simple 5 letter word, yet it can become so complicated if we lose our source of this element. By complicated, I mean, that if or when we don't have water, we realize how much we put it to use. Us, as human beings, have the most control over our water sources. When the water gets shut off for plumbing maintenance, don't we feel a sense of filth, a sense of panic? It is like that saying, "We don't know what we have, until it is gone".

Without water, what would our lives be like?

Water is what we are in need of, to survive. Water grows trees from seed, and without trees, we will not be able to breathe. Animals need water to survive and all fish, inlcuding the Blue Wale mammal depend on water source. Water is used to bathe in and to give us a sense of refreshment after a long days work or good night's sleep. We cannot bathe in oil, or have our bodies function on oil because oxygen would not survive in the substance. It is too thick to physically carry out in this fashion.

With modern technology increasing each year, water could possibly constitute a replacement agent for anything that uses oil. But oil could not replace water, scientifically, no matter how many people may think it is possible to do so. We focus so much on oil, but we don't focus as much on water. The reason for this may be because we think we have too much of it and that we will not run out of it. I wish the answer to that was "we will never run out of it", but if we abuse water, ignore the fact that it's slowly vanishing, we may never look at life the way we can now. Clean, healthy...

If we walked down to the ocean to find no water, what emotions would you feel about that? There would be no more boating, no more surfing, and most certainly no more swimming for that matter. Any last drop of water would have to be cherished as if it was gold. We could not swim or do activities in oil. There would be a loss of jobs, such as athletes who depend on water sources to make a living. It is a tough world out there.

There is only one Earth and the water we have needs to be used wisely. We can make a difference in the world today. Don't wait until it's too late and we cannot bathe, or swim or enjoy the lives we have now.

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