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Chapter 17
Yeo became increasingly disillusioned with capitalism, when he began studying the limitations of the water supply on the planet.
Private investors, governments, and giant corporations were buying up water rights all over the planet, primarily in the Third-World countries of Africa and South America, in anticipation of a dwindling fresh water supply.
The deals were easily made.
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