This clip comes to us via "Smart Planet" and suggests that U.S. water consumption is down despite a 30% increase in population. The article shows an interesting breakdown of our water usage, revealing that the bulk of our water use is in irrigation and thermoelectric power generation. Only 1% of our total water use is on domestic use.

Think how much lower we could drive the 49% use for thermoelectric power generation if we upgraded our badly-antiquated power grid?