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Acknowledgements With love and appreciation, I acknowledge the constant support ofmy wife, Yvonne, throughout our many years together as I pursued the issues discussed in this book, and the many hours I have spent in transferringwhatever I have learned to print. These effortswould have been impossiblewithout her love, patience, and encouragement. It is also important for me to acknowledge the individual most responsible for my involvement in energy and environmental issues, and eventually in related water issues, Dr. David Inglis. David had been a distinguished theoretical physicist before joining the Manhattan Project and participating in the effort to end World War II. He subsequently served as a senior physicist at Argonne National Laboratory. In 1969 he retired from Argonne and joined the Physics and Astronomy Department at the University of Massachusetts/Amherst, where this young professor formed a deep friendship with a much older colleague. David had devoted his post-war years to efforts to control nuclear weapons, andwhen Imet him hewaswriting a book on energy and arms control. Through our friendship I was exposed to nuclear power issues, and, as I learned more and one thing led to another, I changed my professional focus from low-temperature physics to energy. I can truthfully say that my friendship with David shaped my subsequent career. Looking back, I canonlysay,“ThankyouDavid”.