http://gigaom.com/2012/10/03/the-energy-water-nexus-part-i/ Sat, 18 May 2013 10:42:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://gigaom.com/2012/10/03/the-energy-water-nexus-part-i/#comment-1112715 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 21:41:59 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=569670#comment-1112715 Misleading comparison for Hydro generating plants…” Hydroelectric dams are associated with a significant amount of water consumption for
power generation primarily because the increased surface area of man-made reservoirs
beyond the nominal run-of-river accelerates the evaporation rates from river
basins.[21] Notably, the estimates for this increased evaporation depend significantly
on regional location. Furthermore, whether all the evaporation should be attributed to
power generation is not clear, as reservoirs serve multiple purposes, including water
storage, flood control, and recreation.”… Please compare on the same basis… where does come from the water for the other generating plants… from lakes, rivers, reservoir… then it’s not equal to zero for them compare to hydro generation or it’s zero for both of them!

]]> http://gigaom.com/2012/10/03/the-energy-water-nexus-part-i/#comment-1053136 Mon, 08 Oct 2012 18:26:54 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=569670#comment-1053136 Reblogged this on A Girl in Motion and commented:
Worth a read – as well as the follow-up article (Part II). We had a discussion at dinner last night on the energy water nexus as it relates to fracking. We are delaying an inevitable move away from exploiting finite resources by putting our water resources at risk, which are likely the next to come under pressure, in order to extract the last of our fossil fuel resources.

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