Speed blogging

• An introduction to Integrated Water Resources Management
  
  
• The straight dope on air quality and hot air hand dryers (yes, it matters, and no, they aren't better at reducing disease transmission).
  
  
• Yemen continues to drink its future dry -- 90 percent of water goes to ag, and a good chunk of that goes to qat -- a social drug. The government is too corrupt to regulate or price water use, and pumping energy is subsidized!
  
  
• Raising prices to reduce consumption in Israel, an interesting interview -- including NO details on irrigation demand and a few details of political battles over price increases.
  
  
• Aquaponics -- growing urban veggies with fish.
  
  
• Water and corporate risk.
  
  
• The Saudis are looking at solar desalination. They use 1.5 million bbl/oil/day for desal now.
  
  
• The Social Costs and Benefits of Biofuels -- it doesn't look good for them. Speaking of dumb, milk regulations harm poor families more than rich childless couples.

Hattips to DL, TS and DW