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Desalination is less of a problem than pumping water to farmland, industry and residences high above sea-level.
by adnam 14y ago
Desalination is less of a problem than pumping water to farmland, industry and residences high above sea-level.
- antidoh 14y agoIf you assume more than enough energy, likely from advanced solar (a big assumption, but we haven't been to the future yet), then pumping water can serve as energy storage in addition to more direct use of water.
- excuse-me 14y agoWhere do you get the saltwater high above sea-level?
- epochwolf 14y agoI think they are talking about pumping desalinated seawater over a thousand miles inland.
- mdc 14y agoThey're taking saltwater from brackish aquifers inland, not pumping it from the sea. In terms of pumping costs, it's no different than their current sources of water that are pumping out of the Edwards aquifer or other fresh groundwater sources.
- Groxx 14y agoWe do the same thing with oil, I don't see why water would be any harder. Though granted, oil has higher cost and different outside factors than water, so I really can't make any 'is it economical' claims.