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To: Brumar89 who wrote (62247)	12/16/2014 9:02:02 PM
From: FJB	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86356

Desalination out of Desperation Severe droughts are forcing researchers to rethink how technology can increase the supply of fresh water. By David Talbot on December 16, 2014 Even in drought-stricken California, San Diego stands out. It gets less rain than parched Los Angeles or Fresno. The region has less groundwater than many other parts of the state. And more than 80 percent of water for homes and businesses is imported from sources that are increasingly stressed. The Colorado River is so overtaxed that it rarely reaches the sea; water originating in the Sacramento River delta, more than 400 miles north, was rationed by state officials this year, cutting off some farmers in California’s Central Valley from their main source of irrigation. San Diego County, hot, dry, and increasingly populous, offers a preview of where much of the world is headed. So too does a recent decision by the county government: it is building the largest seawater desalination plant in the Western Hemisphere, at a cost of $1 billion. The massive project, in Carlsbad, teems with nearly 500 workers in yellow hard hats. When it’s done next year, it will take in more than 100 million gallons of Pacific Ocean water daily and produce 54 million gallons of fresh, drinkable water. While this adds up to just 10 percent of the county’s water delivery needs, it will, crucially, be reliable and drought-proof—a hedge against potentially worse times ahead... technologyreview.com

To: Brumar89 who wrote (62247)	12/17/2014 9:17:13 AM
From: Eric	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86356

Everyone even semi-intelligent can understand the problem with proxy data producing a graph that moves the opposite of the thesis and the researcher ditching the data & substituting something else to avoid dealing with that problem .. ie hiding the decline. Well It's easy to understand what some folks here want to hide. All of the fossil fuel pollution! Unfortunately you are failing, all one has to do is look outside the window and see it's effects on Nature.