Corrected entry: Since Earth is covered by a salty ocean, fresh water is treated as a rare, expensive commodity. This makes no sense, because the human body requires a certain amount of fresh water each day just to survive. If whole populations are sustaining themselves, this means that they have access to fresh drinking water reliably each day. Regardless of how people ration their fresh water, it won't be enough to sustain all those people for a year, much less through generations of people so that they would forget about the flooding of cities.
lionhead
11th May 2007
Waterworld (1995)
12th Jan 2004
Waterworld (1995)
Corrected entry: Why did Costner's character have to use that timer thing to gauge how long he is underwater? He has gills so he should be able to breathe underwater therefore he wouldn't have to limit his exploring time so much.
Correction: The timer was to trigger the winch to pull up all the loot.
Correction: My theory on this is so he can make sure his awesome boat isn't left unattended for too long but that's just my thoughts.
Correction: Considering how scarce fresh water is and how easy it is to desalinate seawater, there could be chemicals in the sea after the war. Maybe the he sets the timer because he knows that staying down much longer will make him sick.
Correction: Could be he was timing for the sleeping cycle of the large sea creatures roaming the oceans. He doesn't want to be caught so deep when those things show up.
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Correction: I guess you never heard of rain water or condensation? There are plenty of ways to collect fresh water, enough for every individual to have enough to sustain himself/herself at least. If an individual can collect fresh water for himself a community can do it much more efficient, collecting more fresh water than they actually need and therefor can trade with others. Eventually a community can even find ways to filter salt water. There were probably hard times where people were forced to drink their own urine, but still its not impossible for humans to survive a world of salt water over many generations.
lionhead