▲ 275 ▼ Engineers at MIT and in China develop desalination system which could produce freshwater that is cheaper than tap water (news.mit.edu) submitted 2 years ago by cypherpunks@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.ml 32 comments fedilink hide all child comments It looks like the paper is paywalled and not yet on scihub but i did find 38 pages of supplemental information with more details than the article.
[–] anachronist@midwest.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I've been on boats with RO filters that are about the same size and can produce about the same amount of fresh water. The thing is that's no where near "cheaper than tap water." Tap water production and consumption is measured in acre-feet. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago I don't know about you but my water bill is measured in gallons permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago I don't know about you but my water bill is measured in gallons permalink fedilink source parent