Re:New method turns ocean water into drinking water, without...
by xp84 on Saturday June 06, 2026 @12:49AM
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I can probably be convinced pretty easily with some evidence of that, but you’ll never convince the contingent who is convinced it’ll kill sea life at any concentration or location, so, being able to shut them up by saying “we have no wastewater, we load rail cars with crunchy salt and use it for stuff” still has value.
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Re:New method turns ocean water into drinking water, without...
by kortilla on Saturday June 06, 2026 @03:09AM
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The goalposts will just shift to attack that excess salt instead. It’s like all of the FUD about datacenter water usage while people shove almonds in their mouths.
Re:New method turns ocean water into drinking water, without...
by nkmnz on Saturday June 06, 2026 @07:17AM
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In Germany, it's the water usage of a Tesla plant vs. the neighboring asparagus farm.
Re:New method turns ocean water into drinking water, without...
by __MatrixMan__ on Saturday June 06, 2026 @12:02PM
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I wish we could reimagine carbon credits to that degree of stringency. You offset a kg of carbon emissions? Let's see that kg.