Energy versus Freshwater: it's a Catch 22 that will fundamentally change global business. The world economy requires increasing energy supplies; yet tapping them threatens freshwater resources that are dwindling faster than Nature can replenish them. The Keystone Pipeline exemplifies the conundrum. Will it increase US energy security or harm the Ogallala aquifer and the population and industries that depend on it? No matter what says my guest, resource expert Barry Wauldron, “we are going to witness a constricting supply of oil and gas resulting in higher prices, shortages and rationing. The i
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