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Also, the brine. Though I assume if water becomes scarce enough, we'll just dump the brine back into the environment and nature be damned as per usual
by igor47 1y ago
Also, the brine. Though I assume if water becomes scarce enough, we'll just dump the brine back into the environment and nature be damned as per usual
- GeoAtreides 1y agoBrine can be piped to deeper depths, or just diluted before dumping, the cost is increased energy demand
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- BurningFrog 1y agoDumping concentrated ocean water back into the ocean just can't be a big problem.
- danaris 1y agoDoesn't brine contain appreciable amounts of lithium—which is highly in demand? Couldn't it be further dried out to harvest that lithium for sale?