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[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (4 children)

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

[–] bountygiver@lemmy.ml 4 points 14 hours 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 3 points 14 hours ago

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

[–] FuckFascism@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

Why not just put it back in the fucking ocean?

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)
[–] FuckFascism@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago (2 children)
[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours 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 12 hours ago

Well yeah I imagine airplanes would be used

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 2 points 12 hours 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 11 hours ago (1 children)

Yes but rain fall would mitigate this would it not?

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)
[–] FuckFascism@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

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

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 13 points 1 day 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 1 day 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 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours 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.

[–] SloganLessons@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

Sell it for cheap to barbecue houses

[–] MonkeyTown@midwest.social 1 points 14 hours ago

Sea salt as a food additive would get cheaper probably.

[–] jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works 0 points 14 hours ago

last I checked salt mining is still an industry