08-17-2022, 05:22 PM
I have an idea that will kill a number of birds with one stone, desalination.
With global warming raising the sea levels, pump that water out, distill it and sell the fresh water as well as the sea salt for culinary use or for use on northern roads during the winter. Just want to dispose of it? Put it back into the old salt mines like under Detroit, it works for radioactive waste.
Now use that desal water for the most water heavy applications like irrigation, sewage and industrial use. Reuse the waste water if possible, otherwise allow it to return to the ground and the air. If done properly, this could replenish rivers and aquifers as well as produce more rain clouds to help ease droughts and wild fires.
Given California has a large coast line and is a dry desert type state, given enough desalination plants they could inject the water into the system at the most populous coastal cities and get benefits right away. As sunny as it is in California, solar desalination plants sound feasible as well.
However, even though they want everyone to drive electric cars, conserve water and use alternative energy sources, they are going to find reasons it isn't going to work.
With global warming raising the sea levels, pump that water out, distill it and sell the fresh water as well as the sea salt for culinary use or for use on northern roads during the winter. Just want to dispose of it? Put it back into the old salt mines like under Detroit, it works for radioactive waste.
Now use that desal water for the most water heavy applications like irrigation, sewage and industrial use. Reuse the waste water if possible, otherwise allow it to return to the ground and the air. If done properly, this could replenish rivers and aquifers as well as produce more rain clouds to help ease droughts and wild fires.
Given California has a large coast line and is a dry desert type state, given enough desalination plants they could inject the water into the system at the most populous coastal cities and get benefits right away. As sunny as it is in California, solar desalination plants sound feasible as well.
However, even though they want everyone to drive electric cars, conserve water and use alternative energy sources, they are going to find reasons it isn't going to work.