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Re:‘Climate change is water change’ by pm90 on Friday August 19, 2016 @05:17PM (#12323521)
Wouldn't it make more sense to build a gigantic pipeline from Oregon/Washington to California?
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Re:‘Climate change is water change’ by 35bge57dtjku on Friday August 19, 2016 @05:21PM (#12323550)
I believe the cost of pumping it outweighs the cost of more desalinization plants.
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Re:‘Climate change is water change’ by the8472 on Friday August 19, 2016 @05:39PM (#12323688)
Desalination needs energy (so does pumping of course). As long as you're not getting that energy 100% (including supply chain) from renewables you're making climate change worse.
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Re:‘Climate change is water change’ by bcheung on Friday August 19, 2016 @06:34PM (#12324003)
This might be of interest to you. It never went anywhere because of costs and environmental concerns. But I have a feeling it may get more attention as water becomes more of a problem.

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

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