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MindMover

(5,016 posts) Sun May 4, 2014, 12:00 AM May 2014

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Water Used By Power Plants ...

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Just one more very important reason to get rid of coal addiction ASAP ...

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Water Used By Power Plants ... (Original Post) MindMover May 2014 OP

the natural gas only counts the amount used to gejohnston May 2014 #1

How much water is needed to produce each power plant and fuel? rickford66 May 2014 #2

gejohnston

(17,502 posts)

1. the natural gas only counts the amount used to

Reply to MindMover (Original post)

Sun May 4, 2014, 12:19 AM

May 2014

make the steam that pushes the turbines, not doesn't count how much water is used in the fracking process in the field.
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/feb/05/fracking-water-america-drought-oil-gas

http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/energy/hydraulic-fracking.htm

rickford66

(5,530 posts)

2. How much water is needed to produce each power plant and fuel?

Reply to MindMover (Original post)

Sun May 4, 2014, 12:19 AM

May 2014

We know fracking uses and polluted a lot of water.

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