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Re:New method turns ocean water into drinking water, without... by asdff on Friday June 05, 2026 @08:49PM (#48420252)
Seems like you could just dilute it with seawater at like 100:1 ratio and it would be negligible done offshore. We already dump our shit 5 miles out.
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Re:New method turns ocean water into drinking water, without... by threwrfaway on Friday June 05, 2026 @10:01PM (#48420649)
100:1 is overkill and energetically very wasteful. It's a fairly straightforward chemical engineering problem.
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