The Drought In Brazil Could Have Impact on Global Food SupplyMichael Snyder In response to my recent article about how the unprecedented drought that is plaguing California right now could affect our food supply, one individual left a comment stating if Califirnia cant supply South America will. We got NAFTA. Apart from the fact that this person could not even spell California correctly, we also see a complete ignorance of what is going on in the rest of the planet. The truth is that the largest country in South America (Brazil) is also experiencing an absolutely devastating drought at the moment. They are going to have a very hard time just taking care of their own people for the foreseeable future. And this horrendous drought in Brazil could potentially have a huge impact on the total global food supply. As a recent RT article detailed, Brazil is the leading exporter in the world in a number of very important food categories Over 140 Brazilian cities have been pushed to ration water during the worst drought on record, according to a survey conducted by the countrys leading newspaper. Some neighborhoods only receive water once every three days. Water is being rationed to nearly 6 million people living in a total of 142 cities across 11 states in Brazil, the worlds leading exporter of soybeans, coffee, orange juice, sugar and beef. Water supply companies told the Folha de S. Paulo newspaper that the countrys reservoirs, rivers and streams are the driest they have been in 20 years. A record heat wave could raise energy prices and damage crops. Some neighborhoods in the city of Itu in Sao Paulo state (which accounts for one-quarter of Brazils population and one-third of its GDP), only receive water once every three days, for a total of 13 hours. This is serious. The drought in North America also continues to get even worse. According to an expert interviewed byNational Geographic, this drought in the state of California could last for 200 years or more B. Lynn Ingram, a paleoclimatologist at the University of California at Berkeley, thinks that California needs to brace itself for a megadroughtone that could last for 200 years or more. The drought-parched states of Georgia, Alabama and Florida are back at it fighting for a slice of water rights in a decades-long water war thats left all three thirsty for more. Most of us that live in the United States are accustomed to having seemingly inexhaustible supplies of fresh water. We use more fresh water per capita than anyone else on the planet, and most of us never even think twice about it. Unfortunately, things are changing. We are on the precipice of a great water crisis, and many Americans are going to be in for a very rude awakening. And the frightening thing is that the U.S. is actually in much better shape than most of the rest of the world is when it comes to supplies of fresh water. In some areas of the globe, a water crisis is already a daily reality. We have heard that someday water is going to become the new oil, and we are starting to get to that point. Life is simply not possible without water, and as global supplies of clean, fresh water dwindle it is inevitable that it is going to cause global tensions to rise. So what do you think the solutions to these problems are? Please feel free to share what you think by posting a comment below This article first appeared here at the American Dream. Michael Snyder is a writer, speaker and activist who writes and edits his own blogs The American Dream and Economic Collapse Blog. Follow him on Twitter here. 