Yup—civilization requires intelligent and wise and competent humans.
CA is unable to meet that standard.
As a country, we should have been pursuing this a long time ago.
Nuclear power as well, in its modern variations which would be far safer, not dependent on Fifties or Sixties technology.
California Coastal Commission can taste their own hair gel.
The California Coastal Commission is a politburo, vested with vast powers, and infested with green zealots. Along with the regional air and water boards, it is one of the greatest fascist strongholds of the California ai government
“To use or not use technology is a choice. Israel made one choice. California made a very different choice.”
The ‘rationale’ for the choice was that the desalinization plant would use energy and thus contribute to Global Warming.
Anyone thinking that the Leftists running California are not CELEBRATING the Los Angeles fires have NO CLUE as to what kind of monsters our side is up against (and, sadly, quite a few here fall into that category).
I’ve seen one plant at SONGS outside San Clemente for the nuke plant. Amazing design but that was thirty years ago. Probably much more streamlined and cheaper
Such a facility in LA might solve the water problem, so it will never happen.
Fresh water not freshwater. Freshwater is an adjective not a noun.
That is because the people in charge in californicate aren’t smart enough to change the batteries in a flashlight.
Karen Bass is silent.
The Sierra snows provide abundant water for CA. They choose to let it flow into the sea.
My thought too. If Ca spent the money on this instead the climate BS they would have no water problems at all.
I was stationed in GITMO in 1989-1990. The water was provided by a De-sal plant. Tasted fine and we rarely went on water hours. Ships use a similar process to provide water.
In May 2022, California regulators rejected a desalination plant because the returned effluent would make the Pacific Ocean too salty.
Maybe they could find some vacant lots in Pacific Palisades to use for desalination plants?
I’m fairly certain some of our tax-dollars are somewhere in that mix. Be nice if they’d share the tech with US assuming we’re wise enough to build it in multiples.
It’s rarely Scientific and certainly no longer American....
Elon Musk left both places.
Interesting that planet’s fifth largest economy, with 840 mile of shoreline, has zero interest in desalination, is blowing up dams, and retiring its only nuke plant.