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> project on how to sustainably desalinate Ocean Water would... ...be an engineering challenge that the world has not solved yet. We use a lot of water. I don'
by BugsJustFindMe 1y ago
> project on how to sustainably desalinate Ocean Water would...
...be an engineering challenge that the world has not solved yet. We use a lot of water. I don't think you understand the scale of what you're talking about.
All 16000 desalination plants in the entire world combined produce[0] only about 8% of the amount of fresh water the US uses[1].
[0] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048969718349167 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S00489...
[1] https://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/cir1441 https://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/cir1441
But don't worry. We're working on improving desalination too.