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Re:Desalination system could produce freshwater that is chea... by NavinF on Thursday September 28, 2023 @12:22AM (#37685212)
I'm not going to lose any sleep over that. Permeable concrete exists, but it's just not worth the maintenance cost in most places

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pervious_concrete

Re:Desalination system could produce freshwater that is chea... by winter_blue on Thursday September 28, 2023 @06:08AM (#37687506)
That's pretty cool. Personally, I'd prefer small roads and outdoor parking lots to be au naturel unpaved. Zero construction cost, and I imagine the maintenance cost is just trimming grass.
Re:Desalination system could produce freshwater that is chea... by thombat on Thursday September 28, 2023 @08:11AM (#37688446)
Only works if the natural soil is remarkably solid or the traffic negligible. Unpaved roads with more than very modest traffic generally need routine grading (repairing corrugations by scraping it over with a levelling blade) and re-graveling
Re:Desalination system could produce freshwater that is chea... by beaviskhan on Thursday September 28, 2023 @08:42AM (#37688804)
Accurate. And, if there is significant rain and/or snowmelt, roads can quickly become impassable (see: "mud season" in New England, and surely many other places)
Re:Desalination system could produce freshwater that is chea... by nsvd on Thursday September 28, 2023 @05:19PM (#37696018)
Won't they become unusable when it rains?