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Sure, but water recycling is even more efficient. You can extract pure, drinkable water from used shower water, or even toilet water, using much less energy tha
by klipt 11y ago
Sure, but water recycling is even more efficient. You can extract pure, drinkable water from used shower water, or even toilet water, using much less energy than it takes to remove sea salt (since you're fighting a much gentler osmotic gradient).
Psychologically though, I think most people prefer the idea of purified sea water to purified toilet water ... even if the sea is a toilet for everything that lives in it!
- Nikker 11y agoWould there be any logic in solidifying NaCl for fuels or for burning to drive electric generators?
- pjc50 11y agoYou can't burn NaCl.
- techdragon 11y agoFluorine disagrees.
- xlm1717 11y agoPeople can be persuaded otherwise. They had no problem drinking tap water until water bottle sellers told them otherwise. Additionally, desalinating water provides more water to go into the water recycling process, without needing to wait for rain.