Shafiqul Islam

Think about Kuwait, about 90% of water is desalinated.

In Oman, about 80%.

So most of the water is coming from diesel.

So what is diesel?

Diesel is essentially, is a very complicated process.

You not only need water, you also need power to run goods.

So when that becomes a lifetime of a system, it is very different than oil.

So oil is substitutable.

I can use wind, I can use nuclear power.

There are many ways to produce power, but water is not substitutable.

There are only two resources which we need as human beings.

One is air, another is water.

Those are not easily substitutable.

That makes water extremely difficult when the water infrastructure which supplies water to your system is vulnerable.

Right now, what is happening with the war in Iran?

So if a desalination plant is bombed, it is not only bombing your particular plant, it is bombing your particular lifeline that may take years to build.

If it remains localized, it can still be addressed.

But the issue is that you can always delay the shipment of oil, but you cannot delay the shipment of water.

Without water, we cannot live for more than a few days.

So that makes it extremely critical.