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desalination plants don't serve one city. they serve country. also, in general, it's not economical to build plants that do not work 24/7 unless you are country
by tguvot 3y ago
desalination plants don't serve one city. they serve country. also, in general, it's not economical to build plants that do not work 24/7 unless you are country that can spend x3 to overbuild and keep equipment idle
Israel btw supplies desalinated water to Jordan and PA.
- janalsncm 3y agoI think we’re talking past one another. Solar is definitely economical in certain circumstances, and every country overbuilds to some extent. Whether building excess solar makes sense is a question of cost of a marginal unit of energy, since the water doesn’t care what powered its desalination. The energy isn’t wasted since it will eventually need to come from somewhere. Another consideration is political sovereignty, since solar can’t easily be turned off by a foreign adversary.
- tguvot 3y agoi was talking about the fact, that if suggested to desalinate water only during sunny hours it requires overbuilding desalination plants. not solar