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Biofuel Production to Cause Water Shortages?
WED Fan writes "Scientists meeting in Stockholm are reporting that increased food and biofuel production will place higher demand upon irrigation and water resources." From the article: "Demand for irrigation -- which absorbs about 74 percent of all water used by people against 18 percent for hydro-power and other industrial uses and just 8 percent for households -- was likely to surge by 2050. Many nations are also shifting to produce biofuels -- from sugarcane, corn or wood -- as a less polluting alternative to fossil fuels. Oil prices at $75 a barrel and worries about global warming are driving the shift."
[cynical]I am an engineer and I think I figured out what I could never be a scientist. Too darn pessimisstic. "Use fossil fuels = global warming", "change to non-fossil fuels = water shortage". How about instead of annoying us, come up with solutions! Oh yeah forgot that would require an engineer[/cynical]
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