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Re:California invests in battery energy storage, leaving rol... by andbberger on Saturday October 25, 2025 @09:24PM (#45708335)
farming with desal water is insane. even with abundant power.
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Re:California invests in battery energy storage, leaving rol... by qaq on Sunday October 26, 2025 @03:21AM (#45709766)
why ? at scale desal water via solar looks to be very reasonable thing ?
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Re:California invests in battery energy storage, leaving rol... by ZeroGravitas on Sunday October 26, 2025 @05:47AM (#45710436)
Current legal setups generally actively encourage people to waste water that they have property rights to. It would be infinitely better return on investment to reform that and put proper incentives in place, rather than work around it with technology.
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Re:California invests in battery energy storage, leaving rol... by andbberger on Monday October 27, 2025 @02:12AM (#45717893)
farming requires a _lot_ of water.
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Re:California invests in battery energy storage, leaving rol... by kylehotchkiss on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @03:29AM (#45730030)
Leaving otherwise fertile farmland empty to use the lands allocated water on another field is insane, insane problems call for insane solutions
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