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Or build more solar and desalinate cheaper. Nuclear is one of the more expensive sources of power we have.
by adrianN 5y ago
Or build more solar and desalinate cheaper. Nuclear is one of the more expensive sources of power we have.
- s0rce 5y agoI think this would still be massively more expensive than the current cost farmers pay for water. Just increase prices and let them reduce usage before trying to grow crops with expensive desalinated water.
- adrianN 5y agoOf course it would be more expensive, otherwise they'd already do it. It's always cheaper to just exploit existing resources.
- timellis-smith 5y agoI've always wondered if you could combine CSP with water distillation (i.e. you evaporate salt water to steam to power turbines and capture the condensate) so that at the end you get both power and desalinated water.
- adrianN 5y agoI would assume that the bit of salt that is left in the steam will absolute wreck your turbine, but I don't know very much about turbines.