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Life Skills for a Better Day Every Day & The Fascinating Story of Water

Something You Should Know

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Accessing Water in the Ocean Is a Good Idea, Right?

Water is the principal energy vect of industrial economy. We have a very, very tiny amount of water that's accessible to us at any given time and we have t everything with it. In principle, you can move water round. But moving water around ends up being very energy intense. You need energy to lift water from the sea up into ino higher ground. You need water to lift it out of the ground. Itoul make food effectively unaffordable.

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