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To: Chispas who wrote (66517)	7/9/2007 3:10:16 PM
From: yard_man	Read Replies (2) of 116555

I am not arguing that it isn't a problem -- tons of places where lack of potable water is a very big problem -- but 1) It is not a matter of limited supplies of water -- but water that is potable and the location of it 2) Such shortages do not threaten all the developed nations 3) Water purification is a fairly low-tech proposition -- settling, filtration, etc. 4) The problem of the southwest US is not a matter of not enough water but too much population -- the problem becomes acute when enough energy is expended to start to exceed the regions capacity to bear water consumption 5) Again, energy is a much more pressing problem -- there is not an "oil cycle or coal cycle" unless you want to think in terms of VERY, VERY long time periods compared to lifetimes The author of the article in order to make his point about water -- suggested that energy sources was just a technological problem which could be easily shifted out of -- the reverse is true -- water is there and can be purified and transported for a price -- that price is ... energy.

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