Submission + - Intel sucks up water amid drought in China (thinq.co.uk)
An anonymous reader writes: Intel is going head-to-head with businesses like Coca-Cola to swallow up scarce water resources in the developing world.
According a 2009 report by Californian's Pacific Institute, 2.4 billion of the world's population lives in "water-stressed" countries such as China and India.
Chip fabrication plants in those countries, as well factories such as the soft drink giant's bottling plants, are swallowing up scarce resources needed by the 1.6 billion people who rely on water for farming.
“Water will become the next big power, not only in China but the whole world,” Li Haifeng, vice president of sewage treatment company Beijing Enterprises Water Group told Bloomberg.
“Wars may start over the scarcity of water,” he warned.
China's 1.33 billion citizens each have 2,117 cubic metres of water available to them per year, compared with 1,614 cubic metres in India. In the US, consumers can count on as much as 9,943 cubic metres.
According a 2009 report by Californian's Pacific Institute, 2.4 billion of the world's population lives in "water-stressed" countries such as China and India.
Chip fabrication plants in those countries, as well factories such as the soft drink giant's bottling plants, are swallowing up scarce resources needed by the 1.6 billion people who rely on water for farming.
“Water will become the next big power, not only in China but the whole world,” Li Haifeng, vice president of sewage treatment company Beijing Enterprises Water Group told Bloomberg.
“Wars may start over the scarcity of water,” he warned.
China's 1.33 billion citizens each have 2,117 cubic metres of water available to them per year, compared with 1,614 cubic metres in India. In the US, consumers can count on as much as 9,943 cubic metres.
