Sustainability 11/1/17

Apparently everyone needs flood insurance. End of lecture.

Water/Energy/Food Nexus

Demand for Demand for

Energy-intensive desalinization efforts
fresh water energy +50%
use energy to produce drinkable water.
+40%

energy to plant and harvest

Food production requires
Demand for Crops are being converted
Food production requires water into biofuels in some
food +35%
countries

Ray-diator. Not Ra-diator. I will lose my mind.

Cooling and Process Water in Energy Production

Need for cooling water for thermal electric generation plants
Issues with water flow and temperature
Use of water in shale oil, shale gas, tar sands and CTL processes.
Currently, 10-30% of fresh water withdrawals are for coal mining
(Note the difference between withdrawals and consumption)
Hydroelectric power impacted by climate change (e.g. California now)

People without access to clean water:

Today 1.2 billion
2050 2 billion
2080 3.2 billion