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Re:Satellites reveal widespread decline in global lake water... by dghlsakjg on Friday May 19, 2023 @11:47AM (#36003307)
There’s the rules of physics to consider.

There are more than a few places where desalination is necessary, and we still haven’t come up with a way to make it cheap.

The current issue is that there is just no way that we know of to reliably desalinate that isn’t super energy intensive, so it comes down to trading energy for water. That’s why desalination is expensive.

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Re:Satellites reveal widespread decline in global lake water... by hnfong on Saturday May 20, 2023 @08:36AM (#36011410)
It seems that solar energy has gotten real cheap in recent years, especially in places without clouds and rain (deserts).

So maybe that will work out in the end if the economics make water expensive enough to trade energy for water.

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