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They're not specific to California. Desalinization is highly energy-intensive and you end up with a bunch of brine you need to do something one. One popular sol
by emodendroket 4y ago
They're not specific to California. Desalinization is highly energy-intensive and you end up with a bunch of brine you need to do something one. One popular solution to these concerns is ignoring them.
- renewiltord 4y agoWith no knowledge of this stuff but just a child's level of thought, you must admit that it is at least amusing that we both have salt fields and that we don't want brine.
- ryeights 4y agoSerious question… there are lots of salt plants in SLC turning the briny water of the lake into table salt and other useful minerals. Why can’t the same be done with desalination plants?
- Animats 4y agoSalt evaporators need huge areas of cheap flat land, like those in the San Francisco bay near Newark.
- emodendroket 4y agoI’m not an expert but I have to imagine the contaminants used in pretreatment they discuss here are an issue. https://www.wired.com/story/desalination-is-booming-but-what-about-all-that-toxic-brine/ https://www.wired.com/story/desalination-is-booming-but-what...