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<br />~ energy systems in the earlier version lead to a higher total <br />resource consumption. Part of this higher total is met by <br /> <br />increased domestic extraction, especially of coal, and conversion <br />o <br />~ activity which, in turn, implies a more water intensive energy <br />tv <br />~ future. Similarly, the higher aggregate level of electricity de- <br /> <br />~and, part of which is met by increased nuclear generation, increases <br /> <br />the water intensity of Forecast 2. As a result of the shift from <br /> <br />foreign imports to domestic extraction and conversion activities <br /> <br /> <br />(as we move from the current to the earlier version of Forecast 2), <br /> <br />the burden of water supply and water quality clearly shifts to the <br /> <br /> <br />United States. Finally, the increased level of synfuels and <br /> <br />associated coal production contained in the October 1976 fore- <br /> <br />cast provides to WRC the basis for assessing the water implications <br /> <br />. of a n~w, and potentially important, energy technology. For these <br /> <br />of <br /> <br />reasons, it was decided that the earlier version of Forecast 2 <br /> <br />contained many analytically attractive components, at least in <br />terms of water implications, which are noticeably absent from <br />its current counterpart; thus, its continued use is justified. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />-6- <br />