Hasbeen - you have to be joking!

Are you seriously claiming that you reject peer reviewed science and empirical facts on the basis of a supposed leaked document which you fail to produce and authenticate? Personally I prefer science to the fictions you espouse.

Actually, I think the article is good. It is something that does need discussion and by the way, the word is "when", Hasbeen, not "if". I agree also with Nocsg, Mining has a lot to answer for, where water use is concerned and fracking has to stop. A possible suggestion, for which I am sure I will be attacked in this thread, is the use of multi-use crops, such as hemp. Fibre harvested for building, plastics and paper, with seeds harvested for fuel and food simultaneously. Hemp also uses far less water and has little or no need for fertilisers or chemical sprays. Research should be done to source other such plants, if we are to find solutions to the problems noted in this article.