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OPINION | RIGGS ECKELBERRY , FOUNDING CEO, ORIGINCLEAR
Centralization—where governments bulk buy resources and distribute them to their citizens—is failing. In energy, unprecedented pressure on the global supply means the world's richest countries are in danger of what would normally be seen as "developing world" conditions.
https://www.newsweek.com/water-shortages-are-coming-why-arent-we-prepared-opinion-1634381
The water shortage crisis is set to be one of the greatest challenges presented by climate change. And while the shortage is getting worse in developing countries, those who live in rich nations must not be complacent. We are not immune, and our water supplies are far from guaranteed.
"For thirty years, innovators have dreamed of a “financial Internet”. But efforts to create virtual currencies uniformly failed. The problem was simple: how do you make sure an electronic bit of information is really, really unique? This is called the “double-spending” problem.
There’s nothing better than a rearview mirror, but since you can’t drive backwards, you’re going to have to develop the ability to evaluate in real time. It means being willing to make mistakes — FAST.
If you travel the world (which everyone arguably should do if they can), you’ll quickly discover that various areas of the globe are in massively different places when it comes to specific industrial advancements. As an example that stands out, take water technology.
Warren Buffett is the last person you’ll ever see following the crowd.
In fact, the man known as the “Oracle of Omaha” is considered by many to be the epitome of the smart (and successful) investor — a sage who sets trends rather than follows them. His investments have been so successful that his current wealth is valued at $86.1 billion, earning him a place of honor on Forbes’ prestigious The World’s Billionaires ranking.
'Currently, about 90% of the U.S. population relies on centralized networks of pipes and huge “mega-facilities” for water treatment and distribution. But due to a lack of proper funding, a general deterioration of this water infrastructure has occurred at a rapid pace, nation-wide.
As Paul Graham, the famous venture capitalist behind Y-Combinator and countless billion-dollar-plus startups wrote, every city you live in asks characteristically different things of you...
