The following has nothing to do with your post ---but Merry Christmas back at'cha! --- I'm starting to use FR as my interesting facts filing system. In a manner of speaking.
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Israel and Water
Here is some perspective from George Gilder whose book, The Israel Test, is must-reading for understanding why good relations with Israel benefits every nation.
"There's a view that the Middle East faces an impossible water predicament," author George Gilder told an American Freedom Alliance conference last week. "In reality, the water crisis is bogus."
He pointed out that Israel resolved its water problems by using the talents of its entrepreneurs. "Since 1948 Israel's population is up 10-fold, arable land threefold, agriculture output 16-fold, industrial output 50-fold, yet net water usage dropped 10%," Gilder said.
The country recycles 83% of its own water, buys sewage from the Palestinians to turn into usable water, invented drip irrigation and is the world leader in desalinization. These have made Israel close to self-sufficient in water ever since it freed its economy in 1995.
Quite interesting data!