We've got to start paying a lot more attention to how much water our various energy sources suck down. Hooking up to energy sources that don't consume too much water will be a top priority.
Rina Bohle Zeller of Vestas, the world's largest wind turbine manufacturer, makes the pitch for wind -- and solar, implicitly (but she's not hocking solar wares). Neither power sources actively consume water in order to produce energy.