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Re:New method turns ocean water into drinking water, without... by wlesieutre on Friday June 05, 2026 @11:12PM (#48421022)
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
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Re:New method turns ocean water into drinking water, without... by threwrfaway on Saturday June 06, 2026 @08:22AM (#48424322)
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.

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