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Christine
#1 Posted : Wednesday, March 09, 2011 10:12:38 AM
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We had a good discussion about whether or not to include water into the Energy Literacy scope. Concerns were expressed about what I'll characterize as "scope creep" meaning that the mention of too many different related topics would dilute the messaging about energy. I appreciate those concerns, but suggest that we can create concepts that prevent dilution.

here are a few thoughts for what could be concepts:
1. there is a finite amount of both energy and water. We don't create energy, we don't create water.
2. Water and energy are fundamental to the economy. Agriculture doesn't exist without water + energy. Neither do most manufacturing processes.
3. Human interaction with water in the developed world requires energy - to pump, transport, irrigate, and treat.
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Mike
#2 Posted : Tuesday, March 22, 2011 4:25:08 PM
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I'm not sure how you can not talk about water in almost any energy context. The most obvious issue is that you would be excluding all waterpower systems from conventional hydropower to emerging hydrokinetic technologies such as wave and tidal power. Another important issue to remember is that for most fossil and nuclear powered electric generation there is a tremendous amount of water used for steam and basic cooling. At least as it relates to electricity production, water is an integral part of the process and so concerns about access and competing demand become major issues in discussions of electricity production and siting of new facilities.
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#6 Posted : Saturday, May 05, 2012 7:21:02 AM
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Energy and water both are the much needed resources for the human beings.We should save water as it is the limited source of living on the earth.

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