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Re:Nobody lives here: the 5 million US census blocks with ze... by jonnathanson on Tuesday April 22, 2014 @07:52PM (#7631230)
We'll fight each other over fresh water supplies long before we're shoving each other into the sea.

The looming water crisis is a particularly big problem in California, Arizona, and parts of the Southwest. Interestingly, farmland irrigation accounts for a bigger drain on water than almost all of the nearby cities combined.

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Re:Nobody lives here: the 5 million US census blocks with ze... by tomerico on Tuesday April 22, 2014 @08:44PM (#7631402)
You can 'create' more water by desalination. The real problem is in energy.
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Re:Nobody lives here: the 5 million US census blocks with ze... by mnw21cam on Wednesday April 23, 2014 @07:54AM (#7633369)
Growing crops with desalinated water costs more for the energy to produce the water than the price of the crops grown. That's why desalinated water tends to only be used for domestic supply. The real problem is energy price.
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