Posted on 04/06/2015 3:51:29 AM PDT by grundle
Someone should tell them that desalination would slow the rising sea levels or something.
Desalination requires energy. LEFTISTS HATE ENERGY. Therfore, it’s not an option.
Here’s the problem; what happens to those private businesses in years when there is no drought? If there’s plenty of cheaper water, they will go bankrupt. Or the government will have to subsidize them. In someplace that never has plentiful water they can count on a steady demand, but most years in CA are not drought years, unlike the middle east which is always dry.
Can someone tell me why they haven’t built underground pipes across the U.S. to carry water from the states that are experiencing flooding/ high water levels to the states that are in a drought? I can see no environmental hazards that the environmentalists would be concerned about?
The private plants will simply adjust to market conditions then, if there is a surplus of water.
Sheesh
SoCal LA are never has water, they bring it from way east rivers and mountain lakes by aquaducts. DeSal would probably not be much more expensive.
Israel has gone through one of the driest winters in its history, but despite the lean rainy season, the government has suspended a longstanding campaign to conserve water..
The problem the Times has with desalination Is explained in the last 10 words of that paragraph
It doesn’t occur to the left one way to reduce water consumption is to eliminate illegal immigration and return illegals to their home countries. Halting illegal immigration and returning sending the illegals home would also reduce energy consumption.
Perhaps the person who currently holds the office of POTUS could start to set an example by ending his frequent flights to the west coast where he holds a fundraiser and then spends a weekend playing golf at exclusive desert courses, accessible only to the upper 2% he hates so much. These course require millions of gallons of water to sustain and Air Force One consumes thousands of gallons of fossil fuel. Somehow the editors at the NY Times never seem to point out the hypocrisy.
“New York Times is still pretending”
Not much has changed in the last 50+ years.
Megascale Desalination
The worlds largest and cheapest reverse-osmosis desalination plant is up and running in Israel.
http://www.technologyreview.com/featuredstory/534996/megascale-desalination/
With large desalinization plants powered by MSR's up and down the California coastline, we could produce enough potable water to essentially cut the need for water from dams and canals by 50% or more. And that means the current water distribution infrastructure can be better used for agricultural uses.
maybe people in CA could get enough water if the millions of illegals were sent back to their home/
The UAE and desalinization: http://www.waterworld.com/articles/2013/04/dubai-opens-uaes-largest-desalination-plant.html
In other words, entire ME countries get desalinized water.
Moonbeam’s dad built plenty of dams. None have been built since, although the population has at least doubled.
Drought is exploitable.
You’re talking about a huge capital outlay and operating costs, for an inconsistent return. That’s not so simple to adjust for. I’m not saying desal doesn’t have a place, but it isn’t as simple as some people think. Things rarely are.
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