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Keep in mind that that is not the only possible environmental impact. In order to extract such large volumes of water, ecosystems may be damaged.
by NilsIRL 5y ago
Keep in mind that that is not the only possible environmental impact. In order to extract such large volumes of water, ecosystems may be damaged.
- athrowaway3z 5y agoNo. Damage from extracting 'large volumes' is insignificant. (waste is another issue) You are completely off scale. The oceans contain 1.34e+21 L. Humanity uses 1.38e+17J annually. If we take ~10J to move 1Kg 1m up. That means if we spend all our energy on moving sea water, we can move 0.00001% of the ocean up by 1 meter per year. Any novel ecosystem is close to shore, from those ecosystems most are already damaged by other means.
- NilsIRL 5y agoAnimals clogging up nuclear power plants is a common occurance[1][2][3]. [1]: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-21/french-nuclear-plant-halted-after-fish-clog-water-filters https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-21/french-nu... [2]: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/01/jellyfish-clog-swedish-nuclear-reactor-shutdown https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/01/jellyfish-clog... [3]: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/hinkley-point-c-power-station-fish-suck-b1818580.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/hinkley-poin...