Sociology

Is There a Water Crisis in the Middle East
From the article, there is a water crisis clearly going on in the Middle East right now. Water is such a basic necessity of life and currently in Jordan, water shortages started to exist. The water supply cannot catch up with the growing population. Water pollution also causes potable water to decrease. Some would blame the influx of refugees for water shortages. This clearly showed that water supply is not adequate for all the peoples needs. Vast agricultural lands also require more water when dry seasons or lack of rainfall comes and would dry most of the lands. This year 2010, experts predicted that they would need a total of about 1.54 billion cubic meters of water. The solution however, involves teaching people to conserve water and also reduce activities that brings water pollution. The government has proposed projects like the Red-Dead project connecting the 2 large bodies of water and the pulling of waters from Disi aquifer among the solutions seen to resolve the water crisis in Jordan.

Could Oil Run Out in the Middle East
Oil and water shortages are related to each other as oil used huge amounts of water for production and vice versa. Others would not believed that there is a shortage or depletion of global crude supplies in the Saudi oilfield but just that the production does not seem to meet the growing demands. Again, the growing population in the Middle East is the primary reason why oil must be reserve for domestic use only therefore limiting oil exportation. To solve this possible shortage of oil supply, there are some alternatives to oil reserves. One of this is exploiting ocean energy. They believed there is a vast amount of energy stored in the ocean. This involves the production of gas from hydrates or concentrated ice-like natural gas found in sea beds. Others would also want to try offshore wind farms for power production. Lastly, nuclear power production could also be harness as another alternative for natural oil and gas consumption.