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> Are you saying that the water is so cheap that switching to desalination will be a non-issue For human consumption: this is pretty much true. Desalinization
by bsder 3y ago
> Are you saying that the water is so cheap that switching to desalination will be a non-issue
For human consumption: this is pretty much true. Desalinization works just fine for people. The biggest issue is where to put the extra salty waste products.
When people talk about the "water crisis" in the US, for example, it's always about big agribusinesses doing farming.
- genewitch 3y agoany time there's a fish storm in the atlantic, just dump the salt in that area?
- yencabulator 3y ago> The biggest issue is where to put the extra salty waste products. The U.S. has "salt farms" where they evaporate water to produce salt. Sounds like colocating near the desalination plant would make those cheaper to operate.