[Pen-l] Water and Energy

[michael perelman <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Finding a solution to the energy problem will not be easy.  Water is an 
even more challenging problem.  In my Hainan talk, I mentioned the 
tension between water and power. Here is another article on the subject, 
noting the tension between water and solar energy.

http://michaelperelman.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/hainan1.pdf


Beamish, Rita (AP). 2009. "Future Cloudy for Desert Solar Drive." 
Sacramento Bee (19 April): p. A 4.

"A westward dash to power electricity-hungry cities by cashing in on the 
desert's most abundant resource -- sunshine -- is clashing with efforts 
to protect the tiny pupfish and desert tortoise and stinginess over the 
region's rarest resource: water. Water is the cooling agent for what 
traditionally has been the most cost-efficient type of large-scale solar 
plants. To some solar companies answering Washington's push for 
renewable energy on vast government lands, it's also an environmental 
thorn. The unusual collision pits natural resources protections against 
President Barack Obama's plans to produce more environmentally friendly 
energy."

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Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA
95929

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