>19%: The Great Water-Power Wake-Up Call >A few years back, number crunchers at the California Energy Commission tried to add up how much electrical power (and

>19%: The Great Water-Power Wake-Up Call >A few years back, number crunchers at the California Energy Commission tried to add up how much electrical power (and other forms of energy) goes into using water in California. The bottom line number they came up with: 19%. That is, nearly a fifth of all the power generated in California — as well as huge quantities of natural gas and diesel fuel consumed in the state — goes into water-related uses. http://ww2.kqed.org/climatewatch/2012/06/10/19-percent-californias-great-water-power-wake-up-call/ http://ww2.kqed.org/climatewatch/2012/06/10/19-percent-calif... Irrigation is a CO2 emitter - especially when water is transported all the way from the Colorado River to California farms.