„South Texas lured Tesla, along with Exxon Mobil and other energy behemoths, with the promise of land, cheap energy and, perhaps most critically, abundant water. (...) The companies spent billions of dollars (...) building plants that use huge amounts of water to transform fossil fuels into gasoline, jet fuel and other refined products. (...) Now, Corpus Christi, the region’s main water provider, says it is tapped out." https://www.wsj.com/us-news/climate-environment/corpus-christi-texas-energy-water-shortage-27c2c6d8?st=WRsjqv&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink #climatecrisis #climate #climatechange

Christian Schwägerl
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