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Re:A battery has replaced Hawaii's last coal plant by Turskarama on Wednesday January 10, 2024 @08:09PM (#38946062)
Desalination is a different process to heating though, for instance the sea won't lose excess salt to the atmosphere.
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Re:A battery has replaced Hawaii's last coal plant by labster on Thursday January 11, 2024 @12:05AM (#38947908)
The sea does lose salt to the atmosphere, just less than it does of water, so it doesn’t reduce salinity. Wave action releases enough salt to smell salt in the air, and a bit makes it up higher to provide cloud condensation nuclei.
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Re:A battery has replaced Hawaii's last coal plant by robertlagrant on Thursday January 11, 2024 @03:07AM (#38949210)
Wow! I didn't know that.
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