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re: How bad is it gonna get in Cali and how will it affect the rest of us?
Posted on 3/25/15 at 12:19 pm to Duke
Posted on 3/25/15 at 12:19 pm to Duke
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It's expensive. Takes energy to freeze the water to get the salt out (boiling being more energy expensive). Not to mention the initial investment and infrastructure necessary.
They actually blast the water through micro filters. It is very expensive. It cost about a billion dollars to build one between that and the energy cost water prices go up.
Australia spent $10 billion building six plants during a drought from 1997-2009 four of them are shut down now because when the rains came back the price was noncompetitive.
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Posted on 3/25/15 at 12:20 pm to Person of interest
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They actually blast the water through micro filters. It is very expensive. It cost about a billion dollars to build one between that and the energy cost water prices go up
Makes sense a filter would be a better way to do it, but yeah also expensive as hell.
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