Re:New method turns ocean water into drinking water, without...
by wlesieutre on Friday June 05, 2026 @07:27PM
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With fresh water, we’ll get it from desalinization! Hey wait a second…
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Re:New method turns ocean water into drinking water, without...
by threwrfaway on Friday June 05, 2026 @10:07PM
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Sarcasm aside, your comment actually works: you can use the freshwater from desalination!
Just wait for the saltwater to come back around in the sewer.
Re:New method turns ocean water into drinking water, without...
by wlesieutre on Friday June 05, 2026 @11:12PM
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Globally about 70% of freshwater is used for agriculture so less than a third of it will come back around, if it's exclusively for residential/commercial use you might do better but overall not a strategy that balances out
Re:New method turns ocean water into drinking water, without...
by threwrfaway on Saturday June 06, 2026 @08:22AM
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70% of desalinated water wont ever go to agriculture because its too expensive to use for corn. Only very high value crops need apply.
But, so what? 30% sewage is still a strong dilluant... especially when mixed with more seawater
Im shocked how many people cannot grasp that you can dilute brine's salinity arbitrarily close to seawater's with energetically cheap pumps.