"By the time they vanished into the night, hundreds of homes had been razed, 11 people lay dead and the village's inhabitants faced starvation, having lost all their precious cattle."

David Blairs' recount of the "new war over oil" in South Sudan paints a bloody picture.

But the war over oil is nothing compared to the bloodshed and famine we could see as our single most important resource faces dire shortages across the globe.

I'm talking about an unprecedented supply and demand imbalance for something that every one of the world's 6.7 billion people needs every single day to survive: water.

The Global Water Crisis

Who cares how Michael Jackson died or what Billy Ray thinks of his daughter's pole dance when one out of seven people don't get enough water to drink, bathe or wash clothes.

Few Americans realize what a luxury it is to turn on the faucet for a glass of clear, cool water.

Unfortunately, every analysis we make suggests that the water crisis is going to worsen -- even here in the United States. 

Millions of people are pouring into California, Arizona, Florida -- and even my hometown in Austin, Texas -- where there just isn't enough water to support them.

The problem is, no alternative exists for water -- nothing can ever replace it.

Less than 3% of the world's water is fresh, and there's no more of it now than there was a million years ago.

But six billion thirsty people must now share it.

So a breakthrough in "water creation" technology -- like one that utilizes earth's unlimited supply of seawater -- could help solve the water crisis, save billions of lives, and make early investors an absolute fortune.

-- Andy Obermueller
Editor
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P.S. One company I found holds a key patent in "water creation" technology. It offers the most promise in this area. Learn more here.