I reread the article just then and while he does indeed mention that pumping can be done "easily" he never calculates the energy cost associated with it. In th

I reread the article just then and while he does indeed mention that pumping can be done "easily" he never calculates the energy cost associated with it. In the 5th paragraph of the section titled "what?" He says that "even including pumping and 25% solar utilization, just 20,000 acres of solar panels ... would be adequate to power 100% of arizonas imported water", but he doesn't actually derive that figure. He doesnt calculate the pumping costs. So yes, I think its fair to say that he neglected pumping costs