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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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