From CNN Money:

"Power generation takes water. Pumping water takes power. As the nation struggles to meet electricity demand - expected to surge 50% in the next 30 years - big sections of the country are suffering from drought conditions.

"We're going to have both water and power shortages, maybe in areas where we aren't used to them," said Peter Gleick, President of the Pacific Institute, an environmental research organization. "Atlanta in the last few years is a good example of that."

Most people don't realize how closely power and water are linked.

In California, the water pumps that keep the Los Angeles area hydrated are the single largest users of power in the state, according to Gleick. Running a hot water faucet there for five minutes uses as much energy as keeping a 60-watt light bulb on for 14 hours, he said."

I often struggle with why information like this is not reported in such detail, it starts to remind me of the local news when it rains in Southern California. How is it that we know more about Britney Spears then of where our energy, food and products come from and the cost we are really paying for them? How do we change this? I get tired just thinking about it, for my idealist views are never really going to be mainstream.