I take part in the 1% each and every day
Did you know that you and I take part in the 1% each and every day of
our lives? It's true, we do. Young, old, rich poor-- we all take part in
it. In fact... wars have been waged over the 1%. People have fought and
died to own a part of the 1%. Empires have been destroyed. Millions of
lives have been lost. All over just getting their hands on this 1%
commodity.
So what is this commodity that makes people willing martyrs in their
efforts to obtain this 1%?
Am I talking about wealth? In a way, yes I am. It depends
on what you value. It depends where your priorities lie.
The wealth found in monetary systems isn't really at the top of my list.
I can't take a greenback and eat it. Gold and silver might buy me a big,
fancy house, but I don't need it to construct a shelter for myself and
my family. God has provided the materials that I need free of charge.
In the same way, I don't need fiat money to obtain food. I can grow
my own, again, free of charge from God. I can hunt game or raise my own
animals for slaughter.
However, there is one precious commodity that can't be grown,
cultivated, or reproduced. It's a renewable resource, but it's a process
I have no control over. It's a resource that has been manipulated and
marketed for years now, but it's so essential to life that we will pay
any one, anything, to have it.
The 1% that I'm talking about is drinkable water.
Water is perhaps the most abundant resource on the earth. In fact, over
70% of the earth is covered in water and over half of the human body is
composed of water. Everything needs water, in one way or another, to
survive.
However, of all the water on this planet, only 1% is actually fit for
human consumption and use.
That's right... 97% of earth's water is too salty or mineral-filled to
drink. Another 2% is locked up in ice glaciers in the North and South
poles. That leaves a precious 1% for everyone, everywhere, in every
country in the world.
However, despite all the efforts of environmentalists, we still have
serious concerns over our natural water supplies. The sad fact is that
all the environmental effort at clean water doesn't mean a hill of beans
to Mother Nature.
Flood waters this past summer proved that. Pristine water ways were
corrupted from the debris of human living when the tsunami crashed
against the Japanese coastline. Radioactive elements from the Japanese
nuclear power plants are still registering all up and down the food
chain. Ocean vegetation absorbs this radioactive mess, then fish ingest
it, then people eat the fish.
Debris, chemicals, and human and animal waste products poured into flood
waters in states that lined the Mississippi River, as she sent raging
waters to engulf cities, towns, and byways this past spring. Many people
had no choice but to wade through that trash soup to salvage what they
could of their personal possessions.
There are so many circumstances that can affect your ability to have
clean water readily available, not just from tsunamis and floods, but
from tornadoes or other natural disasters as well. Supply interruptions
could arise from civil unrest or war, or even a breakdown in the power
grid can make your supply of available drinking water suddenly become
non-existent.
You can last for days or weeks on limited supplies of food.
You can only last hours or a few days without water. Should
you find yourself in a situation without drinkable water available, what
are you going to do? Attempt to drink from streams, reservoirs, or mud
holes if you have to? How will you filter it to ensure you don't get
sick from bacterial contamination or suspended particles in the water?
Whether it's a temporary shortage, or a long-term water outage, you must
be prepared. I am, and what I have in my arsenal is...
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