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Is turning it into a solid too energy consuming? The main problem seems to have been it clogging up the multi stage system. If you can dump it you should be abl

Is turning it into a solid too energy consuming? The main problem seems to have been it clogging up the multi stage system. If you can dump it you should be able to turn it into a solid in a separate setup.

20after4 3y ago
Salt is very hydrophilic, I believe this means that it's very difficult to get the last bit of water out. Further, if you leave dry salt out in a humid environment and it naturally pulls humidity out of the air.
- cf141q5325 3y ago
  It collects on top though. Fleur de sel is made that way i believe. You arguably dont need to get all the water out of there as long as you have a steady stream of water with high salt content coming in. Much of the price of that is coming from not breaking the formed patterns during harvest.
- thomasahle 3y ago
  Pour it out in the desert?
  - zdragnar 3y ago
    Most deserts are inhabited by endangered or threatened species. There aren't actually a lot of deserts so lifeless that you could avoid environmental activists getting in the way, at least not in the US.
    - midoridensha 3y ago
      US deserts are full of life; they're very far from lifeless. They're nothing like the endless sand dunes we envision when we think of the Sahara desert, Saudi Arabia, or the planet Arrakis.
  - willis936 3y ago
    The desert is far away. The ocean is much closer. Issues with increasing salinity go down drastically if you pump just a bit further into the ocean, where it is rapidly spread by currents. If that's considered too difficult/costly/energy demanding then pumping to a desert would be that much worse.
  - d-lisp 3y ago
    That kind of desert : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salar_de_Uyuni https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salar_de_Uyuni
    - cf141q5325 3y ago
      Ed Staffords Into The Unknown visits salt harvesting sites in the Danakil Desert in Ethiopia in case somebody wants some more insights into this. edit: Or here Aljazeera https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgDiW2ELx7k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgDiW2ELx7k

20after4 3y ago

Salt is very hydrophilic, I believe this means that it's very difficult to get the last bit of water out. Further, if you leave dry salt out in a humid environment and it naturally pulls humidity out of the air.

cf141q5325 3y ago
It collects on top though. Fleur de sel is made that way i believe. You arguably dont need to get all the water out of there as long as you have a steady stream of water with high salt content coming in. Much of the price of that is coming from not breaking the formed patterns during harvest.
thomasahle 3y ago
Pour it out in the desert?
- zdragnar 3y ago
  Most deserts are inhabited by endangered or threatened species. There aren't actually a lot of deserts so lifeless that you could avoid environmental activists getting in the way, at least not in the US.
  - midoridensha 3y ago
    US deserts are full of life; they're very far from lifeless. They're nothing like the endless sand dunes we envision when we think of the Sahara desert, Saudi Arabia, or the planet Arrakis.
- willis936 3y ago
  The desert is far away. The ocean is much closer. Issues with increasing salinity go down drastically if you pump just a bit further into the ocean, where it is rapidly spread by currents. If that's considered too difficult/costly/energy demanding then pumping to a desert would be that much worse.
- d-lisp 3y ago
  That kind of desert : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salar_de_Uyuni https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salar_de_Uyuni
  - cf141q5325 3y ago
    Ed Staffords Into The Unknown visits salt harvesting sites in the Danakil Desert in Ethiopia in case somebody wants some more insights into this. edit: Or here Aljazeera https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgDiW2ELx7k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgDiW2ELx7k