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Desalination - Energy Down the Drain
The Oil Drum — ... . Within a few years my interest in water had blossomed into an obsession with our energy future and peak oil. It is my knowledge of our energy and resource constraints that leads me to reject ocean desalination as the water of our future. ...

Energy Down the Drain
Energy Bulletin - — ... . Within a few years my interest in water had blossomed into an obsession with our energy future and peak oil. It is my knowledge of our energy and resource constraints that leads me to reject ocean desalination as the water of our future. reverse osmosis membranes Figure 1: reverse osmosis membranes The Water/Energy Nexus Make no mistake, California has a serious water crisis. But it cannot be addressed in isolation of our energy crisis. The problem was summed up perfectly in a 2005 California Energy Commission (CEC) ...