Someone might take a look at the drought situation in the Southeast. It is affecting not only Georgia but other states as well. Angles to explore include climate change, FEMA, conservative governance, and how SE states are doing compared to other parts of the world experiencing drought (Turkey, Moldava, and Australia). Oddly missing are practical plans for what happens when the water really does run out.
Resources include a recent article in Salon and two New York Times articles:
The Salon article also appears in The Nation:
The Washington Post also has had a monthly series on climate change with two recent articles
Ankara’s reservoirs at 5%:
On a global level, ominous stories are appearing about the rising price of food, e.g., in The Economist:
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It would take too long to generate the book necessary for the full writing assignment but…
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One, regarding the Economist article, the rising prices for food has been noted over the last few years due in large part to the ethanol craze (and it is a craze).
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Two, regarding when the water really does run out it is unlikely that we will run out of water any time soon. The oceans are full of water. The issues are the energy required for desalinzation AND the energy required to pump the desalinated water to the locations where it is needed, and what is going to supply the energy. It is true that global atmospheric warming will increase the amount of water vapor that the atmosphere can take up, but it is unlikely that the amount of additional water vapor would amount to very much in comparison to the amount of water in the oceans.