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Re:Extreme heat, drought will permanently scar California an... by mrexroad on Thursday June 30, 2022 @03:42PM (#31937548)
I admit I’m not familiar with current techniques for desalination at scale, but I’m curious what the energy requirements would be?
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Re:Extreme heat, drought will permanently scar California an... by jotm on Thursday June 30, 2022 @04:14PM (#31937960)
Apparently it's not solar concentrators/evaporators like I thought. Instead they use good old fossil fuel to do it.

After reading how Bermudans adapted to limited water supply and are good at rationing even though they do have desalinators now, it's pretty strange.

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Re:Extreme heat, drought will permanently scar California an... by ska on Thursday June 30, 2022 @03:54PM (#31937723)
it works really well if you site it with a nuclear plant....
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