http://cleantechnica.com/2012/12/21/most-underrated-issue-of-the-century-and-a-critical-solution/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Sun, 28 Dec 2014 19:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 http://cleantechnica.com/2012/12/21/most-underrated-issue-of-the-century-and-a-critical-solution/#comment-144530 Sat, 22 Dec 2012 17:27:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=46391#comment-144530 Thanks for the post Zach. Yep we’re shory on water in a lot of places. The oldest and cleanest form of Clean Energy power ptoduction is feeling the pinch as well Hydeo Electric facilities rypicaly have relied up[on running rivers with a dam assembly. The exyteme deought ias raised major concerns in the Desert Southwest. Coal Fired Facilities as well as Hucliar Facilities are in a pinch as they use water for cooling; and lots of it. They also need ro clean it up and cool it down for re entry into the ecosystem. They don’t like that very much; but I do. We need some VERY EFFICIENT desalination technology to continue ro meet our needs. We also need to close loop our city water sullpies ro mitigate rising sea levels caused by transfer of underground water to the seas via oue waste treatment systems discharge into rivers that duscharge into the seas all of rhe wateer we pump up and apply for home use ; industrial and aggricultural purposes.

]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2012/12/21/most-underrated-issue-of-the-century-and-a-critical-solution/#comment-144467 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 22:31:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=46391#comment-144467 As the rivers get warmer, coal, gas, nuclear have to turn off. This has been happening more and more in the USA, you are only allow to make the river so hot. Even if you use a cooling pond you have limits. Last year even after getting a EPA exception to raise temp to 110 in its pond a plant out west closed. Plus not all water goes back into the river, and yes it is in the atm, but if you a down stream that water is gone. So in areas with a water shortage, if you are down river the water never gets to you. Have you never hear of water wars?

]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2012/12/21/most-underrated-issue-of-the-century-and-a-critical-solution/#comment-144464 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 22:12:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=46391#comment-144464 I’m not sure this makes sense. The energy indust doesn’t destroy water. What happens to all this water they “use”? It goes right back into the river or ocean or whatever source they are using. It goes back a few degrees warmer than when it came in and that may have an impact on local flora and fauna, but the water is still available for the next town down the river or what have you.
I think you would have been better off working the opposite angle: water restrictions will limit our ability to run conventional power plants and so we should be developing low water use alternatives, such as PV and wind.

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