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It's not going to be easy to build few of them in less than a year.
by mariusz79 12y ago
It's not going to be easy to build few of them in less than a year.
- joshstrange 12y agoIt's amazing what you can do when you've run out of water... But you are right, it would/will be a massive undertaking. I wonder if desalination will become water's "fracking", something we only turn to due to high price of what we used before or unavailability of what we used before.
- _delirium 12y agoI don't think the price will be near what would be needed to make desalination profitable without subsidies, though. The state could choose to maintain current usage and pay whatever it takes to maintain it, but it'd be at a huge loss. The main user of California water is agriculture, and desalinating water just to use it to grow rice is a good way to burn money.
- melling 12y agoI've seen complaints that it has a big environmental impact too.
- winslow 12y agoIs it due to the amount of power required? Any sources? (Not that I don't believe you, I'm just curious).