When you think about it, factoring in earthquakes, drought, tornados, hurricanes, sea levels, floods, tsunami, forest &#x2F; brush fires, landslides, avalanches, and whatever else I&#x27;m forgetting, there really isn&#x27;t anywhere good to set up camp and, rightly or wrongly, once someone <i>does</i> set up camp, they&#x27;re hesitant to move.<p>Either way, the situations described in the article, conservation, waste prevention, and innovation seem to be the exact opposite of that described in the Water Knife blurb, and will have the luxury of being applicable to places less arid.  While California was having their record droughts, the opposite coast was experiencing flash floods.<p>If we can improve conservation, and dramatically improve transportation, it becomes easier to get water from places that have a surplus to places that have a deficit, which means we can push flood waters to areas with drought, and move our way up the Kardashev scale.<p>Edit: Forgot cold weather and volcanic activity.  The cold weather sounds like something easy to disqualify, but considering the OP&#x27;s assertion is that it&#x27;s a bad idea to try to best nature, it seems that heating falls into that bucket.