The G.L.U., Superpower of the 21st Century

With all the talk out of Texas about secession, I’ve been thinking. The Great Lakes contain 20% of the world’s fresh water. In the undeveloped world, fresh clean water is perhaps the greatest need, but there’s no doubt that even in the fastest growing areas of the U.S. water is not only in short supply; there seems no answer to the problem.

So here’s my idea: the states and provinces bordering the Great Lakes should secede from the U.S. and Canada, form their own country (the Great Lakes Union), and exert exclusive control over the water in the Great Lakes. In other words, we’d “go OPEC” with respect to water. The rest of the country is ready to let our economies go to hell. When is the last time you heard a politician outside the Midwest talk about the importance of saving the economies of Ohio and Michigan? Well, we’ve got the most valuable resource of all. Let’s see what they say as the deserts spread.