EVERY DROP FOR SALE

Book ID/图书代码： 07042005B01405

English Summary/英文概要： An investigative journalist explores our world on the brink of running out of usable water.
Less than .0008 percent of the total water on Earth is fit for human consumption, but global consumption of fresh water is doubling every twenty years. Water has become perhaps our most precious commodity-a life-sustaining but increasingly rare and privatized resource. A dramatic gap exists between those who have adequate water for survival and those who don’t, and tensions over water in some areas of the world hover just below open war.
From Europe to Asia to Africa to America, Jeffrey Rothfeder has visited the world’s hot spots, those with the least amount of water, as well as places where there is so much of it that plans are in the works to sell the excess to the highest bidder. In this compelling narrative account of our world in turmoil over water, Rothfeder describes the issues and struggles of the people on all sides of the water crisis: from the scarred survivors of bizarre water-management practices, to those who are willing to die for water to sustain their families and crops, to the scientists and leaders who are trying to set things straight.
Important, provocative, and immensely readable, Every Drop for Sale explores a fascinating critical dilemma: As we run out of it, is water a fundamental right of everybody on Earth or just a product humans need that can be bought and sold like any other commodity?

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 你知不知道地球上只有0。0008%的水资源是适合人类引用的，但是全球消费淡水的速度却在以每二十年就翻一翻的态势爆增。也许可以说，水资源是最最珍贵的商品了-----水是维系生命的资源，但是它越发稀缺也越来越被私有化了，而且水资源分配状况也相当的不平衡，水对一部分人来水已经足够吃了，可还有很多人却根本喝不饱水。世界上有些地区因为水的纷争问题而闹得不可开交，几乎处于临战状态。《寸金寸水》探讨了一个令我们进退两难的尴尬境遇：水越来越少了，水到底是地球上每一位生存者的基本权利，还是某个可以买卖的商品呢？

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About the Author/作者介绍： Jeffrey Rothfeder, a consulting editor for Popular Science, is a former Business Week editor and national news editor at Bloomberg News. He is the author of five books, including The People vs. Big Tobacco and Privacy for Sale.

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