A vision for the alleviation of water scarcity in the US Southwest

Re:A vision for the alleviation of water scarcity in the US ... by blacksqr on Friday January 12, 2024 @12:13PM (#38970810)

In an environment where solar and geothermal electricity are abundant enough to make this work, it would be far easier to condense water straight from the air by refrigeration.

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Re:A vision for the alleviation of water scarcity in the US ... by heleninboodler on Friday January 12, 2024 @12:46PM (#38971322)

:D and if you scale this to the point where the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere is affected, you can also use some of the abundant energy to boil the ocean to replace that water vapor. :) Same net effect (water is taken from the ocean and salt is not) without actually moving the salt back and forth.

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Re:A vision for the alleviation of water scarcity in the US ... by konschubert on Friday January 12, 2024 @12:42PM (#38971270)

I think you’re underestimating how much less efficient that is.

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Re:A vision for the alleviation of water scarcity in the US ... by solardev on Friday January 12, 2024 @01:08PM (#38971625)

It worked for Uncle Owen

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