There is no Gold in OIL... it's in the WATER!


	There is no Gold in OIL... it's in the WATER!

NonStatQuo

1-28-2008 8:37 PM

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oil, consumption, water, global warming, farming

NonStatQuo says:

Mos Def wrote a song about this years ago, and I thought he was cracked. It started me thinking.... new world water...

And damned if he wasn't on the money.

Oil leading to Global Warming, leading to drought, leading to lack of water.

Oil is killing us.

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