Tough tradeoff
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008Check out this Scientific American article that details the massive amounts of water used to produce our energy - in an increasingly water-strapped world. Then consider one of the issues with the T. Boone Pickens energy plan - much of the U.S. natural gas reserves require - you guessed it - lots of water to extract. And some ‘fracking’ chemical additive whose identify the industry refuses to divulge.