Explain how clean water has depleted due to privatization.
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary. Water is a big business because of privatization, transferring some or all of the assets or operations of public systems into private hands. Perrier, Evian, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo-and particularly the French giants Vivendi and Suez-have been buying the rights to extract water in the United States and other countries at will from aquifers, then bottling and selling it around the world.About 70 percent of Americans say they drink bottled water. In 2014, bottled water companies spent more than $84 million on advertising to compete with each other and to convince consumers that bottled water is healthier and safer than soda and tap water. Bottling water is lucrative for corporations, but there are many environmental drawbacks. It depletes local water supplies, whether the water comes from municipal sources (40 percent) or local springs (60 percent). Moreover, about 86 percent of the empty plastic bottles in the United States clog landfills instead of being recycled (Food and Water Watch, 2013; Lohan, 2015).
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A. People are less concerned with online privacy issues. B. People as less likely to rigidly separate personal and public personas. C. People are now willing to share their front-stage life with others. D. Most people will share anything with their online network of friends.
Political efforts are being made to narrow the digital divide
Indicate whether the statement is true or false