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Texas to drink urine cause of the drought.

Discussion in 'Economics' started by Debaser82, Aug 7, 2011.

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Texas is now in the midst of its worst-ever one-year drought. Austin, Texas' capital, has received less than two inches of rain since October, a period that would normally see 18 inches. Here are just a few of the impacts of the state's ongoing drought, which is entirely consonant with the northward march of the world's subtropical deserts that will continue, unabated, as climate change intensifies:

Inspired by NASAâs innovations in urine-drinking, Big Spring, Texas is installing a wastewater recycling plant to transform sewage into drinking water.

http://www.grist.org/list/2011-08-0...ne-consulting-bibles-in-face-of-ongoing-clima
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Aren't astronauts already doing that?

#21 Aug 7, 2011

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