The Nexus of It All

Our infrastructure for water, energy, transportation, and food is all interconnected.  Changes to one has consequences in the others.  Below are links to several articles that explore these interconnections.

Agriculture & Energy

Food, fuel and the global land grab (Brown, L. R., Food Crisis and the Global Land Grab, Jan. 3, 2013)

Will Any Disaster Wake America up to its Water Problem? (Caprio, V., Our Water Counts blog, Nov. 8, 2012)

Energy & Water

Electricity from Water Mains: Inline Hydropower System Generates Power from Water Pipelines (Science Daily, Dec. 10, 2012)

Will Any Disaster Wake America up to its Water Problem? (Caprio, V., Our Water Counts blog, Nov. 8, 2012)

Injection Wells: The Poison Beneath Us (Lustgarten, A., ProPublica, June 21, 2012)

Pincushion America: The irretrievable legacy of drilling everywhere on drinking water (Peak Oil, June 30, 2012)

Food & Water

Growing food in the desert: is this the solution to the world's food crisis? (Margolis, J., Observer, Nov. 24, 2012)

Water Pollution and the Farm Economy (Gillis, J., New York Times Green blog, Dec. 11, 2012)

Will Any Disaster Wake America up to its Water Problem? (Caprio, V., Our Water Counts blog, Nov. 8, 2012)

Other

Don’t Fear the Nexus (Infrastructure Watch, Dec. 21, 2012)