Should we allow more bottled-water companies to access Florida pristine springs or should we limit them to the minimum to preser
ve our dwindling clean water resources and the springs? (detailed answer) Is water a human right or a commodity that can be owned and traded? Should the government protect and guarantee water to its citizens or should it leave it to the control of multinational companies? (detailed answer)
What do you think about multinationals buying the water resources and asking people to pay to access drinking water? That could happen one day to you. You will be asked to pay before you use your well to access the groundwater under your house. What would you do?
What first comes to my mind is that one or more rivers feature very prominently in these civilizations: the Nile in the Egyptian and the Tigris and Euphrates in the Babylonian.
Predicting where an earthquake epicenter will occur is easier because are patterns to look at due to the fact that they always occur near plate boundaries. Predicting when they will occur is difficult because they do not follow any certain pattern.