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"Water is the next Oil" "Be Prepared to Pay Gas Prices for Water"
Citizens, we are going to see more and more posts promoting desalination as a solution to drought and scarcity of water.
-- Proceed with caution, desalination is a very costly and energy-intensive process and has dire environmental consequences.
-- It is favored by mega-utility companies and if deployed will make us more and more dependent upon nameless faceless corporations that will not answer to our needs.
-- Defend your local water utility, if you still have one, and lobby for more conservation measures and penalties for water waste.
-- Hold your legislators' feet to the fire to hold big agriculture and fracking entities to strict conservation and water recovery standards.
-- Water scarcity keeps suburban sprawl to a minimum; desalination plants are a developer's dream. Don't be tempted, be informed.
http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/blogs/desalination-has-a-big-problem/
Read Food & Water Watchs report, Desalination An Ocean of Problems
Read Debbie Cooks essay, Desalination Energy Down the Drain
Watch the PBS "POV" video, "Thirst"! http://www.pbs.org/pov/thirst/
And, THANK YOU!!!
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