Energy vs water vs climate: the green conundrum

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It’s hard to be environmentally conscious these days. It’s not as simple as getting people to recycle. Today’s biggest challenges are often in conflict with each other.

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In deciding how best to meet the world’s growing needs for energy, the answers depend crucially on how the question is framed. Looking for the most cost-effective path provides one set of answers; including the need to curtail greenhouse-gas emissions gives a different picture. Adding the need to address looming shortages of fresh water, it turns out, leads to a very different set of choices.

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