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Re:New method turns ocean water into drinking water, without... by xyzzyz on Friday June 05, 2026 @06:58PM (#48419434)
It’s about thermal storage, you don’t use table/sea salt for that, and you don’t need a lot of salt, because the salt is in a closed loop; it’s not being consumed.
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Re:New method turns ocean water into drinking water, without... by galaxyLogic on Friday June 05, 2026 @07:38PM (#48419787)
But more thermal storage you want more salt you want, and it's gotta cost something, right?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molten-salt_battery

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Re:New method turns ocean water into drinking water, without... by xyzzyz on Friday June 05, 2026 @07:48PM (#48419874)
If you read the article you sent me, you'll learn that, just as I said, you don't use sodium chloride, aka table salt, aka sea salt, for these purposes.
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Re:New method turns ocean water into drinking water, without... by aeonfox on Friday June 05, 2026 @10:43PM (#48420897)
A better example are sodium ion batteries, which are about to take off in a big way

https://www.catl.com/en/news/6812.html

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