• Smoogs@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Desalination produces a massive pull on using more fossil fuels. It’s an emergency procedure. Not an end goal. Read a book.

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      1 year ago

      Desalination does not require fossil fuels. It requires energy. Of which there are many forms. Some of those forms are renewable. It’s not an emergency measure. Desalination happens regularly, right now, today. Read a book.

      We could desalinate ocean water with renewable energy. But that doesn’t help the idiots who think they are entitled to live in Arizona / the desert.

      People can move.

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      Well, put me in a red dress and pony tails and call me Shirley…

      Haven’t we discovered other ways to harvest energy besides fossil fuels? Perhaps wind a solar might be an answer to that problem?

      My own country is in the process of converting a former refinery into a green hydrogen plant and part of the conversion goes into installing a few gigawatts of power in solar and wind.

      Couldn’t this same solution be used for desalination?