water and power

I feel a Tank Girl moment coming over me. Ahhhh.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/30/business/energy-environment/30water.html?em

Discusses how cheap solar plant technology (mirrors making steam) need water if they use wet cooling. And California (and the southwest) do not have the water to spare.

And now, I sense still more pressure to conserve energy in the future.