alt Hacker NewsI wonder at what point the up-front costs of massive desalination would overcome the (often hidden and externalized) costs of projects like this.
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kibwen • today at 4:55 PM
As long as we don't try to hide and externalize the cost of all the hyper-saline brine management that comes with desalination.
kjkjadksj • today at 2:58 PM
I don’t think the brine pollutant issue has been meaningfully solved. You are also now pumping water inland uphill the whole way.
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> the up-front costs of massive desalination
Desalination is dominated by operating costs.