Entries from The Big Biofuels Blog tagged with 'aquifer'
More on the High Planes/Ogallala aquifer
Here's more on the High Planes/Ogallala aquifer from Paradeep, one of the regular contributors to the blog....
Ogallala Aquifer still emptying
The Ogallala Aquifer is still emptying, according to a piece in Red Orbit, which is long, thorough and cites a number of different sources. What is it and why am I bothered? If you've been paying attention since I started...
Ethanol puts pressure on Minasota's water reserves
Ethanol puts enough pressure on Minnesota's water reserves for the state to ask the Environmental Quality Board to look at the demands that planned ethanol plants could put on water in the state, according to the Associated Press. Hattip to...
Water Implications of biofuels production
The US National Academy of Sciences has produced a study Water Implications of biofuels production. The key points are: Water is an increasingly precious resource used for many purposes including drinking and other municipal uses, hydropower, cooling thermoelectric plants, manufacturing,...
The rush to ethanol could harm US water supplies
The rush to ethanol could harm water supplies in parts of the US, according to a report in Planet Ark today. The Ark says: The US ethanol rush could drain drinking water supplies in parts of the country because corn...
Water and biofuels
OK, it seems to me that a lot of the talk about biofuels from renewable sources such as cattle waste, wheat, or cassava relies fundamentally on the amount of water available in the locations that are being farmed. My current...
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