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Originally Posted by Rochard
That article is from 2009.
We are going to have a serious problem in California, and the only solution to this is Desalination. The ocean is rising, we need water, do the fucking math. California is right next to the Pacific - Let's take as much water as we want. If the Middle East can build entire cities in the desert using Desalination, why can't California? Don't tell me we can't or it's too expensive; We already multiple plants built and more being built.
Problem solved.
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Hi Rochard,
It seems like a good idea but it creates other problems. Reverse osmosis for ocean desalination takes a lot of energy for one, and since you're extracting all the salt from the water, the salt has to go back somewhere.
The big plant they are building in San Diego is estimated to process 100 million gallons of seawater water each day, produce about 50 million gallons of drinkable water (about 8% of what California needs), and 50 million gallons of salt. San Diego plans to pump that salt right back into the Pacific Ocean which according to Nasa, will cause big problems, quickly :
Salinity - NASA Science
It will also kill lots of marine life.
Unfortunately I don't see any other choice for California...