If the amount of water remains unchanged, should we nevertheless fear a shortage, whether because of pollution or population pressure in certain parts of the world? Jean de Kervasdoué and Henri Voron, specialists in these issues, take an unsparing look at conventional wisdom: in reality, we are nowhere near running out of drinking water. Whether the subject is groundwater or dams, today's alarmist claims do not stand up to scrutiny.
A valuable book whose precise, well-supported content reveals the subtlety of the issues involved (access to resources), and which could serve as a model for tempering the zeal of all those who, on various environmental issues, speak only the language of fear and excess.
