Biofuel Production to Cause Water Shortages?

WED Fan writes "Scientists meeting in Stockholm are reporting that increased food and biofuel production will place higher demand upon irrigation and water resources." From the article: "Demand for irrigation -- which absorbs about 74 percent of all water used by people against 18 percent for hydro-power and other industrial uses and just 8 percent for households -- was likely to surge by 2050. Many nations are also shifting to produce biofuels -- from sugarcane, corn or wood -- as a less polluting alternative to fossil fuels. Oil prices at $75 a barrel and worries about global warming are driving the shift."

There's only one way out of this

[oliverthered]

When demand outstrips the supply of a limited resource they only way out is to cut the demand [contraception.net].

Re:Well, assuming that's true.

[Anonymous Coward]

I must be getting tired. I read
  My Y2K supplies are finally coming in handy. as
My KY supplies are finally coming in handy.

Re:Not an issue...

[orasio]

If we ever get to the point when our spaceships stop the rotation of the earth, then we will have big spaceships in enough quantities to get out of this non-spinning rock, and go somewhere else.

Re:Sounds like my Ex-Wife

[orasio]

There is something about them that refuses to be satisfied. I think it may be some sort of mental defect.

Maybe it's more of a physical defect. And maybe those "3nl/\rg3 Yr P3n1s" spams are actually coming from her.

Re:Not an issue...

[Chelloveck]

And I, for one, and getting pretty darned sick and tired of living within line-of-sight to a huge, improperly shielded nuclear reactor!

Re:Not an issue...

[AlHunt]

> Where do you put the salt extracted from the Water? On your french fries ...