Libya’s Sea of Fresh Water Beneath the Desert, But Wait, There’s More http://cryptogon.com/?p=21383

We all know about the obvious oil component to what is happening in Libya, but that’s definitely not he full story. Here are some other factors to keep in mind as the U.S. leads a war in Libya for “humanitarian” reasons.Saudi Aramco, Seas Beneath the Sands:Libya is already pumping water from the Kufra Oasis, in its southeast corner, through a four-meter-diameter pipeline to its thirsty coastal cities. When fully operational, that project will pump some 3.6 million cubic meters per day. Still, at current extraction rates, the aquifer is not likely to be depleted for a thousand years.

Moreover, since this report came out,there has been some encouraging progress in Libya on the practical front regarding the issue of solar power.In October this year(as reported by the Tripoli Post in issue 171)the U.S. Department of Energy(DOE) announced that it was sending a team of experts from its National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Colorado to collaborate on concentrating solar power in Libya.The DOE confirmed that Libya, with its low humidity and numerous sunny days,had the ideal conditions for the possible exploitation of solar power technologies.

[oil,water,and solar power...''yummy'' says the ''imperial wolves'']