Investment firms are showing a growing interest in an increasingly scarce natural resource in the American West. For some, that's concerning.

The hedge fund in question

Investing in water combines free enterprise with serving the common good and delivering measurable positive impact.

:citations-needed:

Providing reliable, regulated water and sanitation services in developing countries increases economic productivity, improves public health, promotes greater gender equality (liberating women and girls from the burden of hauling water) and improving eductaional outcomes.

MORE 👏FEMALE 👏 WATER 👏 WARLORDS

Water infrastructure investment in developed markets has an exponential impact on job creation and social stability.

Cannot wait for all those job openings with the new nestle paramilitary to help enforce social stability!

  • VernetheJules [they/them]
    ·
    2 years ago

    Clean water is scarce, in a world of excess liquidity where most everything is in oversupply.

    Oh wow everything is in oversupply huh? Was the scarcity really artificial all along?

    The comparably low price of water relative to value leaves ample room for price increases to cover full costs of operations, capital investment, and reliable supply.

    THEY'RE LITERALLY ADMITTING TO IT THEY'RE GOING TO HOLD PEOPLE'S LIVES FOR RANSOM

    :screm-a: :aaaa: :agony-limitless:

    • Bloobish [comrade/them]
      ·
      2 years ago

      The jokes by GenZ on throwing pipe bombs at the Nestle offices seems more like a premonition now...

    • GarfieldYaoi [he/him]
      ·
      2 years ago

      Fucking water is going to be a luxury for the rich in my lifetime.

      We live in hell :doomjak:.