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[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 27 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Relatively easy, but expensive, problem to solve. We have all the salt water you need. Build nuclear plants and desalinate.

Stop allowing them to use the Colorado River.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 5 points 2 days ago

seawater is not all saltwater, its a bunch of other chemicals in it too.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (4 children)

I'm pretty sure desalinization doesn't scale. The salt needs to go somewhere.

[–] bountygiver@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

we can use them for some sort of project like building a pyramid out of salt, and it will become the perfect venue to host league of legends tournaments.

[–] deltapi@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

I feel like those tournaments usually have more salt than they can handle already...

[–] FuckFascism@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Why not just put it back in the fucking ocean?

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] FuckFascism@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You're taking salt from a large volume and putting it in a small area all at once. It kills the fish

I guess if the plan was to sprinkle the salt over miles and miles of ocean, that could work. But that's ridiculous to implement.

[–] FuckFascism@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Well yeah I imagine airplanes would be used

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Take a bunch of salty water

Remove most of the water for other purposes

You now have to dispose of the same amount of salt, but less water. It's hypersalinated, and toxic as fuck.

[–] FuckFascism@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes but rain fall would mitigate this would it not?

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] FuckFascism@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Fuck. Maybe we could just eat the salt...

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

which may not be an issue since companies running AI stuff are planning to deploy civilian mini nuclear reactors around the country

[–] jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

it scales fine (roughly linear at large scale), people just don't want to pay the energy cost because they think farms need cheap water.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Where does the salt go after the water evaporates from the brine? You can't just dump it back in the ocean, the concentration destroys wildlife.

Landfill? Salt deserts? It's gotta go somewhere.

[–] MonkeyTown@midwest.social 2 points 1 day ago

Sea salt as a food additive would get cheaper probably.

[–] SloganLessons@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Sell it for cheap to barbecue houses

last I checked salt mining is still an industry