{"product_id":"unquenchable-robert-jerome-glennon-9781597268165","title":"Unquenchable: America's Water Crisis and What to Do about It","description":"In the middle of the Mojave Desert, Las Vegas casinos use billions of gallons of water for fountains, pirate lagoons, wave machines, and indoor canals. Meanwhile, the town of Orme, Tennessee, must truck in water from Alabama because it has literally run out. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Robert Glennon captures the irony--and tragedy--of America's water crisis in a book that is both frightening and wickedly comical. From manufactured snow for tourists in Atlanta to trillions of gallons of water flushed down the toilet each year, \u003ci\u003eUnquenchable\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the heady extravagances and everyday inefficiencies that are sucking the nation dry. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The looming catastrophe remains hidden as government diverts supplies from one area to another to keep water flowing from the tap. But sooner rather than later, the shell game has to end. And when it does, shortages will threaten not only the environment, but every aspect of American life: we face shuttered power plants and jobless workers, decimated fi sheries and contaminated drinking water. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e We can't engineer our way out of the problem, either with traditional fixes or zany schemes to tow icebergs from Alaska. In fact, new demands for water, particularly the enormous supply needed for ethanol and energy production, will only worsen the crisis. America must make hard choices--and Glennon's answers are fittingly provocative. He proposes market-based solutions that value water as both a commodity and a fundamental human right. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e One truth runs throughout \u003ci\u003eUnquenchable\u003c\/i\u003e: only when we recognize water's worth will we begin to conserve it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Jerome Glennon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 159726816X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781597268165\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Island Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/23\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.96h x 6.34w x 1.02d","brand":"Robert Jerome Glennon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44245449146623,"sku":"9781597268165","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bfc6868c-6ac2-4d20-bfe0-ab7730c8e51c.jpg?v=1693928114","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/unquenchable-robert-jerome-glennon-9781597268165","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}