Today’s Solutions: December 17, 2025

Prime Minister Miro Cerar says the country should “protect water – the 21st century’s liquid gold – at the highest legal level.” In the dystopian nightmare version of our not-too-distant future, water will be owned by nefarious corporations who dole it out for dollars. There will be the greedy rubbing together of hands and the twirling of mustaches and evil cackles as what was once a natural public resource becomes commoditized. Aside from corporate control…

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