Saltwater corrodes firefighting equipment and may harm ecosystems, especially those like the chaparral shrublands around Los Angeles that aren’t normally exposed to seawater. Gardeners know that small amounts of salt – added, say, as fertilizer – does not harm plants, but excessive salts can stress and kill plants.

  • ryathal@sh.itjust.works
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    In small amounts. It’s not economical at all to extract on it’s own, maybe as part of desalinization, but even then it’s probably marginal.