00:01
Here the question is, and of course we're looking at ecosystems, but where in the world is all of our freshwater? and so, i mean, i guess one of the key things here is that's the freshwater reserve, right? so the last option it gives us is inside the bodies of living things.
00:28
I don't know how much water that amounts to, but we certainly can't harvest it that way without being incredibly problematic.
00:36
So that's not really an option here.
00:38
We're looking at lakes, soil water, and ice glaciers.
00:44
Okay, so lakes seem like a good idea.
00:49
That's the first thing that comes to mind when we think of freshwater.
00:52
But lakes, other than the great lakes, are usually not that big.
00:56
And other than minnesota with its 15 ,000 -plus lakes, most places don't have huge reserves through lake systems.
01:08
And that was a very united states.
01:11
Centered response.
01:14
I imagine the same is true in other areas of the world.
01:17
That most lakes aren't huge...