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My limited understanding of desalinization is that we avoid it not because of the expense, but because it's environmentally damaging to put a giant pipe in the
by benmccann 15y ago
My limited understanding of desalinization is that we avoid it not because of the expense, but because it's environmentally damaging to put a giant pipe in the ocean sucking up water that happens to bring a lot of fish and such with it.
- tomjen3 15y agoNo problem. Soon there will not be that many fish left in the ocean so that won't matter any more.
- ph0rque 15y agoWhere do you think the water goes once we're done with it?
- macavity23 15y agoThe biggest problem is what to do with the highly-concentrated brine after you've extracted the water - e.g. http://www.ce.utexas.edu/prof/hodges/site2006/project_pages/project_desalination_brine.htm http://www.ce.utexas.edu/prof/hodges/site2006/project_pages/...
- kondro 15y agoI think you severely overestimate how much water an average desalination plant can process.