• jcit878@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Desal itself isnt really that hard, its very similar tech to regular wastewater treatment. What it is though is energy intensive, because the desalinated water starts its life at the lowest altitude and must be pumped up network to be gravity fed like regular water sources. very energy intensive

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      It’s not that hard.

      It isn’t profitable. And so nestle won’t do it until it is.

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      Here is the rationale:

      a) factories create wealth

      b) [in order to create wealth] factories create jobs

      c) jobs return taxes

      d) taxes return money

      e) money can be returned to factories to hold it in place

      For water extraction, we only need to add a line where we state water is replenishable, another stating that is easy and cheap to extract and a third where we expand on how water is a good in constant demand, thus, easily marketable.

      Desalination is not a question of “if” it should be established but a “when” one.