[ozziegooen]

Just curious; I've read that energy takes quite a bit of non-salt water to produce. Energy can be used to create clean water by desalinization, but I believe I read that this still creates less clean water than the clean water needed to produce that energy (though this can be done in a very different area. Would anyone here happen to be familiar with the basic numbers here?

[nawitus]

>Desalination plants on average use about 15,000 kilowatt- hours of power for every million gallons of fresh water that’s produced

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-01/energy-makes-up-hal...

[NickM]

I'm not familiar with the exact numbers, but I would be extremely surprised if a solar panel or wind turbine took that much fresh water to manufacture and install. I suspect that the argument you're referencing is more likely geared toward fossil fuels.