Drought

This story won't get a lot of play but California is running out of water. Arnold has declared a water emergency and has asked us to save water.

http://www.kcra.com/water/18812494/detail.html

The fact that California is running out of water shouldn't be surprising. Southern California is a desert. Palm Springs has about 100 golf courses. My dream is for greening the planet is to really improve desalination technology.



Desalination is ultimately where we will be headed in water technology. Ground springs and aquifers are emptying and will not supply the water we need forever. Unfortunately, as the chart above shows, it is many times more expensive to desalinate water than get fresh groundwater. Desalination should be part of the stimulus plan's green technology initiatives and part of the strategy for a self sustaining (with regards with resource use) world.