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perhaps the most hackernews take in this thread. desalination isn’t just expensive, it’s existentially costly in terms of energy consumption, and I don’t see a
by dijit 11mo ago
perhaps the most hackernews take in this thread.
desalination isn’t just expensive, it’s existentially costly in terms of energy consumption, and I don’t see any dyson spheres in production.
- rowanG077 11mo agoWith modern desalination facilities it costs literally on the order of cents per liter. It's an inconvenience at worst in the modern world. It costs approx 3kwh of energy to desalinate one cubic meter of water.
- wpm 11mo agoWhat do you do with all the brine?
- DrusTheAxe 11mo agoMake statues paying homage to the godkings who brought this upon us