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It's the relationship between water and energy that I find interesting.

ie water's role as an energy vector

"Any economic unit can emit money. The serious problem is to get it accepted" Hyman Minsky

by ChrisCook (cojockathotmaildotcom) on Mon Jan 4th, 2010 at 05:30:07 AM EST
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ChrisCook: It's the relationship between water and energy that I find interesting.

ie water's role as an energy vector

is that relationship also at least indirectly related to the relationship between water usage and GDP growth:

Will The Next War Be Fought Over Water? | NPR

"Our water use between 1900 and 1975 actually tripled relative to population growth," he says. "Since 1975 to the present day, it has flat-lined. And we still had a population increase of about 30 percent and our GDP continued to grow. So it's an amazing increase in water productivity."


La Chine dorme. Laisse la dormir. Quand la Chine s'éveillera, le monde tremblera.
by marco (cowannar at gmail punkt com) on Mon Jan 4th, 2010 at 07:18:51 AM EST
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