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There is an environmental cost to this though, that extra salt is probably just dumped back in the ocean.
by woleium 2y ago
There is an environmental cost to this though, that extra salt is probably just dumped back in the ocean.
- gcanyon 2y agoObviously that's not a problem in general: the salt comes from the ocean, and the salt as well as the fresh water extracted go back to the ocean just by different paths. But the salt (in the form of brine, as I understand it) is generally localized, and thus can be an environmental issue that needs to be addressed.