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[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 7 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] clutchtwopointzero@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

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 1 points 9 hours 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 0 points 7 hours ago (1 children)
[–] jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works -1 points 5 hours ago

brine evaporation ponds