You'd think, from all the attention it gets, that the world runs on oil. Fact is, it runs on water, and water's running out much faster than oil. Here at Young's Intelligence Report we have a name for just such a situation, and that name is: Opportunity.

Proof: Water stocks are suddenly up 26% in a few weeks after going nowhere for 2 years.

The idea of selling water for private gain is revolutionizing this rather stuck-in-the-mud business. But scarcity and the extraordinary profits that can now be made by investors are changing the rules quickly.

Make no mistake, water is blue gold… the new oil. Those who have it, like Canada, will be made rich by slaking the thirst of billions. Those who don't have enough of it, like China and Australia, must pay and pay until it hurts (to see how you can cash-in on good old-fashioned oil plays, you'll want to read, "Get Rich From High Oil Prices.")

• Water is being shipped out of Lake Superior to India.
• Glacier water from Alaska is being pumped to China.
• Already, 4 in every 10 of us don't have enough water. While demand increases, untainted supplies are drying up–literally.
• Brazil's ethanol push could stub its toe on a surprise water shortage.
• Chilean Indians are getting rich on water harvested directly from clouds above their lands.
• And so polluted have several provinces of China become, they face being abandoned and left as wastelands.

Make no mistake: "The music that excels," as Eartha Kitt puts it, is no longer "the slurp, slurp, slurp of oil wells." It's the drip, drip, drip of water!

Get Into the Great Water Rush

Both plentiful and rare—it covers 70% of the Earth's surface, yet only 1% is drinkable—water is the next frontier in the war between the Haves and Have-Nots.

Two-thirds of the world's population may have to abandon their lands by 2025 due to chronic water shortages. And we're not just talking the sub-Sahara here. The paradise island of Maui, some regions of Southern California and my own beloved Florida Keys are in danger, too.

I've recommended water stocks for 20 years, chiefly because they provide a flow of dividends as steady and fat as the Mississippi. Long ago, my subscribers got their initial investment back, just in dividends. But today I'm recommending…