This phrase became common and popular during the 2024 presidential election campaign. To the delight of many, it references a precursor to US energy independence and dominance by increasing oil well and fracking permits. Historically, reasonably priced and abundant energy has led the way to massive changes to society dating back to the late 1700’s and the industrial revolution which forever altered the course of the western world.
The loudly expressed concerns of fossil fuel damages to the climate and environment need to be seriously considered so that some of the increase in fossil based energy is targeted to produce more neutral electrical energy sources such as solar, wind, tidal flows, sea waves, Hydrogen via efficient water splitting, nuclear, etc.
There’s another drilling activity needed as badly as that for gas and oil. WATER. Specifically, water of sufficient quality for human and animal consumption as well as irrigation. In previous blogs we have detailed the amount of water required for various crops, the critical condition of many aquifers and how dependent manufacturing is on water. Further, we wrote about the energy and capital costs associated with the inefficiencies of seawater desalinization as a possible cure for the supply problem.
The November 10, 2024 issues of the San Diego Union Tribune published government supplied numbers indicating that 87% of the US is currently in a drought condition with only Alaska and Kentucky escaping the condition. As always, higher temperatures (climate change) are proclaimed to be the primary cause due to evaporation although a recent science discovery we recently wrote about strongly indicates that the vast majority of evaporation is not the result of air temperature. This is becoming scary. We need more water in the correct places or face dramatic changes to our way of life.
What can be done? NASA and some universities advise us that indeed there are deposits of fresh water within the planet but at depths that are beyond our drilling capabilities. As we have written in prior blogs, water is available at reachable depths and there is an excellent chance that new water is being formed constantly. Obtaining this water was done numerous times in the 1940’s, 50’s and 60’s under the supervision of Stephen Riess a Bavarian born scientist with an extensive background in geology and hydrology. His approach to locating the spots for drilling along with numerous success stories are detailed in New Water for a Thirsty World, a 210 page science based book written in 1960 by Michael H. Salzman. Now out of print, but is available online as a certified copy or you can contact me at [email protected] and I will send a copy.
We can only speculate why mainstream science has not pursued this path to give the world at the very least some drought relief after over 70 years of knowledge of proven successes. Yes, there is a gamble involved, but monetarily, larger gambles are taken often in mineral and oil exploration as well as various stock market moves. There should be no concern about the usability of the water based on prior experience and the capabilities that companies such as ours—Dime Water, Inc.— have to correct any issues that arise.
Must we wait until water scarcity is proclaimed an emergency before looking literally beneath our feet for relief? Spread the word!
