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Re:New Record Bid Set for World's Cheapest Solar, Undercutti... by Gravityloss on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @09:32AM (#11628164)
Why not just put water pools in plastic domes, collect the dew at night?

Creating electricity with a lot of effort and using it for heating water doesn't make sense.

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Re:New Record Bid Set for World's Cheapest Solar, Undercutti... by thinkcontext on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @10:56AM (#11628765)
State of the art desalination, reverse osmosis, doesn't heat the water it pushes it through semi-permeable membranes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_osmosis

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Re:New Record Bid Set for World's Cheapest Solar, Undercutti... by Gravityloss on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @11:28AM (#11629026)
Ah, I now realize what stupid assumptions my question had!
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Re:New Record Bid Set for World's Cheapest Solar, Undercutti... by Retric on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @09:44AM (#11628249)
Cost. Large scale desalination is really cheap as in gallons per cent.
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