Water: The Final Resource: How the Politics of Water Will Impact the World [Hardcover]

William Houston (Author), Robin Griffiths (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 2008

We can do without oil - as we did until the latter years of the Nineteenth Century - but we cannot do without water; without it we die. Whilst debates on fossil fuel reserves rage and tensions over oil fields and supplies continue, this new groundbreaking book urges the focus to change - WATER is the next big idea.

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About the Author

William Houston joined the Royal Navy at the end of the Second World War and specialised in weapons. After leaving the Service, he qualified as a Chartered Engineer and in administration before embarking on a career as a 'company doctor' - advising a large range of industrial and commercial concerns. There followed a period acting as industrial advisor to a City merchant bank. His first book Avoiding Adversity was published in 1989 warning businessmen of the coming recession, shortly to be followed by Meltdown and Riding the Business Cycle that warned of the growing disruption that would take place early in the next century.

Robin Griffiths is a senior lecturer in film studies at the University of Gloucestershire in the United Kingdom.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 165 pages
• Publisher: Harriman House (August 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1905641664
• ISBN-13: 978-1905641666
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,634,239 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thought Provoking Read, March 9, 2009

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JaliB "JaliB" (HK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Water: The Final Resource: How the Politics of Water Will Impact the World (Hardcover)

This is a very well researched book which first of all explains where we are now with regard to water shortages in the world and then goes on to place us in our current context in an historical perpective.

Whether climate is changing currently due to man made pressures or not the globe has been through large weather, water and heat cycles over the millennia. Using data from the past this book projects forward to give us an idea of where we are going.

Finally, the book points out ways the authors feel that an investor could profit from the coming water - and indeed global resource - shortage.

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Well written and deserving of 5 stars (in my humble opinion)

3 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Climate, rainfall and drought data from amateurs, March 7, 2009

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sugarlump "raconteur" (Las Vegas, NV) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Water: The Final Resource: How the Politics of Water Will Impact the World (Hardcover)

Horrible waste of money. These fellows know nothing about the subject and try to push the idea of 70 and 500 year "cycles" as if the current anthropogenic global warming has nothing to do with our increasingly severe droughts and floods. Have a look at their credentials -- these are not scientists. They're both conservative businessmen. Listen to their interview with Jim Puplava and you'll have a good idea of what I mean. If you are really interested in this subject, get When the Rivers Run Dry: Water--The Defining Crisis of the Twenty-first Century. Now that's a good book.