why does the human race need to fight over the resource of water. yes water ,fresh water is needed to survive. however, the planet is surrounded by water 7o percent of it. yes it is salt water, but it is water and it just needs to be desalinated to make it fresh water. they're are plenty of ways to desalinate it, and alternative power can help. stop thinking of how to kill your neighbor for his water, but how to take a huge resource like seawater and with alternative energy turn it into life saving fresh water. Africa surrounded by ocean but fighting over water. Saudi Arabia, surrounded by water, huge desert. Australia surrounded by water, huge desert, china - desert increasing, how much of the country is by the sea. California usa, they get there water from the east, yet it has vast amounts of water to the west. desalinate water or fight, kill your neighbor. why, the desalination of sea water and the use of ocean thermal energy conversion or any other alternative energy that can help with energy independence and supply any continent with endless supplies of fresh water. so try to recycle, reuse, conserve energy, use environmental sources and ingenuity to clean up a mess left to us, unbeknown to the people who left it to us. to do something to make this world more balanced is not the easiest, but it can be done.