Abaixo, parte da matéria do "The Economist" que traz como tema o atraso do Governo Brasileiro para agir na crise de água em São Paulo.
Será mesmo que somente um dilúvio pode salvar São Paulo? Se sim, parece que esse dilúvio não vai chegar, aliás, tomara que não venha, a não ser que seja somente sobre a Cantareira, pois estamos vendo o efeito desastroso de fortes chuvas em diversos bairros de São Paulo.
Pelo que parece, o mundo realça a ausência de visão econômica dos Governantes e do povo Brasileiro.
A Economia é a ciência que estuda a Escassez, e é exatamente essa noção que nos falta.
The Economist - Dec 20th 2014 - Government responded late to a drought in Brazil’s industrial heartland
COULD São Paulo run out of water? The idea of South America’s biggest metropolis, home to 20m people, lacking something so basic seems fanciful. Yet shortages this year have forced schools to suspend classes and restaurants to shut in smaller towns across São Paulo state, where a fifth of Brazilians live and a third of GDP is produced. For months taps in some neighbourhoods of the state capital itself have run dry, especially in the small hours. Unless the rains are unusually bountiful, a disaster looms in 2015
Precipitation in 2014 was the lowest on record (see chart). In October, when rains normally resume, it was just a third of the normal amount. Things have improved since, but rainfall remains well below average. “Only a deluge can save São Paulo,” says Vicente Andreu, the chief of Brazil’s National Water Agency (ANA).
The drought is not the fault of São Paulo’s leaders, but they bear responsibility for the severity of its consequences. Investment has lagged behind the region’s needs. As reservoirs dried up Geraldo Alckmin, who was running for re-election as São Paulo’s governor (and won in October), took half-hearted measures to promote conservation. The average resident of the city of São Paulo still consumes roughly 200 litres of water a day, well above the 150 litres in much of Europe. Only now are politicians taking the crisis seriously...