> My question: How do you distribute gigawatts of energy uniformly through the ocean? Or are you simply boiling a bay somewhere and calling it good? Assuming t

> My question: How do you distribute gigawatts of energy uniformly through the ocean? Or are you simply boiling a bay somewhere and calling it good? Assuming this is your question, and not a continuation of the quote: thermal energy is definitely a concern. It could be solved with dilution, like other pollutants. In the particular case we're discussing, of using heat from a nuclear power plant to desalinate water: Every thermal power plant already creates waste thermal heat. They exhaust this heat either through evaporation (the stereotypical hyperboloid cooling tower of a nuclear power plant) or discharge into a body of water (thermal plants around me do this). The latter is definitely a sticking point in gaining modern environmental approval.