Courtesy of The Green Leap Forward, an interesting examination of China’s watergy challenge: China is not going to solve its energy problem if it does not solve is water problem (see previous post on “China’s Water Torture“). It is as simple as that. The fact is, the exploitation of just about every energy resource (including […]
Read more »Courtesy of IEEE’s Spectrum, a careful look at how the intricate relationship between water supply and electricity generation is playing out dramatically in the American Southwest. As the article notes: “At the edge of the Salton Sea, Mark Gran surveys the clanking, hissing labyrinth of pipes that curl up from the desert in the distance. […]
Read more »Via the blog A Musing Environment, a detailed examination of how much energy goes to water. As the article reports: “…Energy demands for water use are significant. Unfortunately, most of the water we consume never appears on our home water bill. Our bill doesn’t show us water use for eating and showering elsewhere, or for […]
Read more »Courtesy of The New York Times, an interesting report on the intensive use of energy in the provision and transportation of water. As the article notes: “…In the run-up to the Copenhagen climate summit conference last year, water researchers and advocates held a special meeting to address the fact that water issues were absent from […]
Read more »As very ably reported in IEEE’s Spectrum magazine, there is a coming clash between energy and water. We are seeing the early indicators of this in situations such as the debate about ethanol’s viability given its enormous water footprint or the discussion over the extraction of petroleum from northern Alberta’s oil sands at the expense […]
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