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Can this scale? I mean can we build a giant one on the coast of California?
by waynecochran 4y ago
Can this scale? I mean can we build a giant one on the coast of California?
- ahevia 4y agoYes there are already giant desalination plants in the Middle East.[1] [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/22/climate/desalination-water-climate-change.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/22/climate/desalination-wate...
- dawnerd 4y agoIIRC California has desalination plants. I remember hearing Catalina has one but only uses it when they absolutely has to.
- rektide 4y agoIt's not efficient. At scale, you'd try to be orders of magnitude more efficient. This is specifically for portability & low maintenace (not needing to keep swapping/handling filters). If you're on a boat it should keep you alive, with some modest solar. But most everyday consumers have far larger water needs & trying to generate all that desalinated water via this process is not effective.