While desalination can produce freshwater, it also generates brine, a highly concentrated salt water mixture that is then pumped back into the ocean. and they don't separate the sea-salt out and sell it because?
that stuff is expensive
Posted on 08/18/2021 1:20:08 PM PDT by grundle
Larry Elder seemed to think so on the Bongino show today.
Does California really want water or would they rather flush it into the sea?
Nuclear powered desalination.
I think the key here is only run these plants when needed, otherwise turn them off.
The dams/reservoirs are finally being repaired/retrofitted after decades of kicking the can down the street. As such, a lot of water is/was allowed to flow down the rivers, into the bays, and out to the Pacific Ocean. They also haven’t built new water storage in a long time. They also have allowed millions of illegals into the state to further stress resources. Desalination would probably be a small blip for the entire state. So. California would just rather steal it from No. California and Arizona.
Cold Fusion is the future of Nuclear Power, so... yeah.
https://freerepublic.com/tag/lenr/index?tab=articles
If they lost the paranoia and used nuclear energy to produce electricity and desalinate, California would have fewer problems. Have no sympathy when lunatics are allowed by the voters to take power.
The last thing in the world this State needs is an abundant Supply of cheap, clean drinking water. It can only lead to the yearning for more Freedom and Liberty for the peasants.
Desalination by distillation takes heat. Plenty of heat available from a nuclear reactor, particularly a thorium-fueled molten salt reactor, which can be built to generate plentiful electricity relatively close in to an urban area.
Get over this stupid superstition about all things nuclear, and recognize that California NEEDS an enormous supply of electricity, and that the desalination of sea water is merely a by-product that is almost equally as valuable as the electricity itself. Thorium-fueled molten salt reactors are both inherently MUCH safer than the older design uranium-fueled light-water reactors, and can be scaled up or down, depending on local need.
Maybe I’m completely off in terms of volume and practicality, but if the process results in piles of salt, and if dumping piles of salt directly into the ocean is bad, could they consider dumping it into Death Valley? I’m pretty sure it won’t wipe out any major species there.
Please!!! CA was emptying it’s dams for months now. Clean water out to the sea. CA WANTS a draught. Then they have control. https://californiaglobe.com/fl/ca-reservoirs-filled-to-top-in-2019-being-drained-by-state/#:~:text=Facing%20Dry%20Year%2C%20CA%20State%20Water%20Board%20is%20Draining%20California%20Reservoirs,-CA%20reservoirs%20were&text=%E2%80%9CIn%20the%20last%2014%20days,water%20for%201%20million%20people.&text=Our%20reservoirs%20were%20designed%20to,the%20top%20in%20June%202019.%E2%80%9D
Build some big nuke plants to power the water plants. Easy Peasy Japanesey.
What you said.
While desalination can produce freshwater, it also generates brine, a highly concentrated salt water mixture that is then pumped back into the ocean. and they don't separate the sea-salt out and sell it because?
that stuff is expensive
I will tell you what aint is a high speed rail from north to south
If it doesn’t hurt the sea animals and environs, just quit worrying about it.
I am not comfortable with nuclear power in a earthquake area, close to the sea. Think of the disaster of Fukushima.
Possibly sell it as California salt?
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