I listened to and participated in a webinar today in which Robert Glennon, author of the book on the water crisis, Unquenchable, talked about what we need to do to reduce our demand for water. There truly is a water crisis if you didn’t know it. He advocates conservation, but his real thrust is to make consumers of our most precious resource pay for the real cost of water. In some locations in this country people are not asked to pay anything for water. In most places water costs the consumer a fraction of what it costs to purify it and pump it to our homes and businesses. We still think nothing of pouring it on lawns, into swimming pools in the desert, or using drinking water to flush toilets. Do you try to conserve water in any way?….

I wrote here a short while ago about urine being a better source  for making hydrogen than plain water. It breaks down into its components easier. Here's a new wrinkle, not in fuel but in saving water, money and energy. In Brazil SOS Mata Atlantica Foundation has a TV ad campaign aimed at kids. The ad tells the little scapers to pee in the shower, saying that it saves a considerable amount of water over a year....

A post published at www.alternative-energy-news.info today  announced the development of a new type of washing machine that washes a load of clothes in a teacup. Well, not literally, but the machine uses only a cup of water...

I have written before about the water crisis we are facing. It may make the energy crisis look like child's play. We can invent substitutes for gas and oil but we can't invent a substitute for water. It is essential for all living things. Not only that, it is vital to growing food and manufacturing all manner of things.