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How changing the way we think about drinking water and energy can secure the long-term sustainability of both precious resources.Although it is widely comprehended that energy and drinking water will be the world's two most critical resources, their vital interconnections and vulnerabilities are less often known. This farsighted audiobook offers a new, holistic thought process about energy and drinking water - a large picture approach that reveals the interdependence of both resources, identifies the seriousness of the issues, and lays out a good approach with a range of solutions to ensure the carrying on sustainability of both.Michael Webber, a innovator and teacher in neuro-scientific energy technology and insurance policy, talks about how energy and drinking water supplies are linked and exactly how problems in either can be crippling for the other. He implies that current population growth, economic growth, environment change, and shortsighted procedures will probably make things worse. Yet, Webber asserts, more integrated planning with long-term sustainability in mind can avert such a daunting future. Merging anecdotes and personal reviews with insights in to the latest research of energy and drinking water, he identifies a hopeful route toward sensible, long-range water-energy decisions and a far more reliable and numerous future for humanity.Shared by Yale University or college Press."This is an important and deeply readable reserve." - Susan Tierney, Analysis Group"A wide-ranging, nuanced view of difficult but important conditions that require serious account at every level, from policymakers, judgment shapers, and educators down to everyday people." - Kirkus Reviews"Concise, relevant, and participating" - Choice
