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You can't fix shortage of agricultural or industrial water with desalination because you end up with a bag of potatoes for $50 Desalination only solves water
by ClumsyPilot 3y ago
You can't fix shortage of agricultural or industrial water with desalination because you end up with a bag of potatoes for $50
Desalination only solves water shortages for human consumption. Water shortages mean famine
A single hectare of potatoes need about 7,000 tonns / m3 of water. Desalination costs $1/m3, The cost of growing russet type potatoes for the fresh market was
$2032 per acre. So potatoes will be 3 times more expensive
For wheat, the difference is even worse
- lukan 3y agoTrue, but if you want to grow in the desert, there are more efficient methods and crops to grow, like in closed greenhouses, that keep most of the water.
- throwaway11460 3y agoWhy not ship the potatoes in?