HUMANITY'S CHOICE IN 25 YEARS may be between conventional energy and drinking water: studies. Power utilities don't realize - or even record - how much water they use ... $1.60/gallon gasoline tax could help prevent "grim" future: IMF chief ... Russia banned imports of most of Poland's fruit, vegetables ostensibly in retaliation for sanctions ... LNK (backed by US investors) added 5th biogas power plant to 4 already operating in Ukraine ... Lithium battery market for light duty vehicles to grow from $9.6B in '12 to $26B in '20. Lithium-ion batts need graphite, nickel, cobalt, lithium. Current global graphite demand for batteries 83K tons/yr. Growing 20-30%/yr. Tesla's gigafactory will need 93K tons/yr ... Apple expected to sign on to gigafactory team ... China controls near 80% of graphite market. Exports only small portion. Exports taxed heavily ... Graphite dust a big enviro problem. A reason Musk decided to source graphite from N America. One Canada comp sitting on 730K tons of the right kind of graphite. $2.2B worth. A 67-cent stock. (I know, I'm trying to find it too without paying heavy cost for investment service. Good luck.) ... Musk: EV price parity with gasoline-powered cars within 10 yrs ... Scientists say SIberian holes may be caused by methane eruptions. May be connected to global warming climate change ... Suntech to provide 7.5Mw off-grid solar power for rural school, villages in Malaysia ... Vestas to supply 53Mw of wind turbines for Allianz project in Sweden. Online by '16 ... U of TX Austin installed 2 solar-powered charging stations for electronics, el bikes. Battery backup. Cost ~$60K each ... Japan life insurance comp to loan $9.7M for 8Mw solar project in Fukushima ... Inter-American Development Bank to loan $66M for 64.8Mw solar project in Uruguay ... Energia dos Ventos to build 109Mw wind farm in Brazil ... Edison, EDF EN, F2i launched 600Mw clean/renewable energy group ... Hareon Solar plans 100Mw Dubai solar JV ... Alpha to close some WV coal mines. Layoff warnings to 1K workers ... Enviros suing EPA over resetting deadlines for soot curbs ... FWS banning GMO feed, bee-killing chemicals nationwide ... Greenpeace ship leaving Russia ... Western governors oppose new Pacific offshore oil/gas drilling.