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I'm looking at this and unclear what he's talking about. Essentially, citation needed Elon?
by tibbon 3y ago
I'm looking at this and unclear what he's talking about. Essentially, citation needed Elon?
- emptybits 3y agoMusk made the same "absurdly cheap" claim in a recent interview with Bill Maher. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oO8w6XcXJUs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oO8w6XcXJUs [skip to 14:45] I don't think he gave any substantiation to the claim then either. (He dismissed delivery of clean water to the world as a problem not interesting enough for him to spend time on.)
- Veserv 3y agoIsrael desalination plant profitably offering a fixed price of 1.45 NIS per cubic meter. At current exchange rates that is around 0.40$ per cubic meter (1000L). https://www.gov.il/en/departments/news/desalination_260520 https://www.gov.il/en/departments/news/desalination_260520
- infogulch 3y agoJust look at this thread for price estimates. $2-5 is pretty reasonable, even assuming a cost breakdown with energy at 10% and capital/infrastructure at 90% of the final cost.