▲ 402 ▼ MIT’s New Desalination System Produces Freshwater That Is “Cheaper Than Tap Water” (scitechdaily.com) submitted 2 years ago by alphacyberranger@lemmy.world to c/upliftingnews@lemmy.world 45 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Tangent5280@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (2 children) Those are going to be some long as spipes indeed if you want to pump brine out without salt spots. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] StillWatersPony@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago quite true, although we already have long ass pipes/cables in the ocean for phone/internet connections between continents. So it's entirely doable, and is already being done for another purpose besides salt. permalink fedilink source parent [–] cornercase@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago* Yeah. It may be "simple" but it's not going to be cheap. I still think it'll be cheaper than dedicating huge swaths of coastal land to become brine-drying fields, though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] StillWatersPony@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago quite true, although we already have long ass pipes/cables in the ocean for phone/internet connections between continents. So it's entirely doable, and is already being done for another purpose besides salt. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cornercase@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago* Yeah. It may be "simple" but it's not going to be cheap. I still think it'll be cheaper than dedicating huge swaths of coastal land to become brine-drying fields, though. permalink fedilink source parent