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Water Shortages: A Problem We Can and Must Solve Now – Areo
“The problem is not—and never has been—how much water we have, or even how much water we use. Edge cases aside, the water we “consume” is not destroyed, only dirtied and displaced. The problem is the water’s location and condition. Changing either of these things requires time, space and energy, all of which cost money. But everything costs money—and doing nothing whatsoever often imposes the greatest costs of all,” writes Kenneth Pike.
In 1964, US President Lyndon B. Johnson made a historic request: he wanted a large-scale, nuclear-powered desalination programme to address the growing need for potable water in the American Southwest.…View Post
