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There's more to a city's water use than civilian use, and there's a lot more to California than LA There's no need to guesstimate. San Diego desalinates. They'
by JohnHaugeland 5y ago
There's more to a city's water use than civilian use, and there's a lot more to California than LA
There's no need to guesstimate. San Diego desalinates. They're almost the cheapest in the country, at about five times your estimate cost
- downrightmike 5y agoDesalination isn't the greatest, even the Saudi bought unlimited water usage right in Arizona to grow alfalfa and ship it back home. https://gulfif.org/arizona-arabia-alfalfa-lessons-from-the-gulf-for-a-southwestern-water-crisis/ https://gulfif.org/arizona-arabia-alfalfa-lessons-from-the-g...
- JohnHaugeland 5y agoThat's because they can't build nuclear reactors. We can.
- downrightmike 5y agoThey still have to dump the concentrate into the ocean responsibly.
- JohnHaugeland 5y agoI mean, they don't, though It's a large nuclear heat source. You can just boil it down to sea salt, then sell it or put it into a cave