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Why would the salt be dumped back in the ocean? Wouldn’t it be sold to consumers?
by richk449 4y ago
Why would the salt be dumped back in the ocean? Wouldn’t it be sold to consumers?
- stametseater 4y agoThe "salt" is in the form of brine, it's a liquid and you'd need huge evaporation ponds to keep up with the outflow if you wanted to dry it all out to sell. If you put your desalination plant near urban areas, where the demand for fresh water is, then the land you'd need for evaporation ponds would be a lot more expensive, and I suspect the profit margins for salt are fairly tight (sea salt competes with salt mines where they just scoop the stuff right out of the ground.)