Comment on For states on the coast with excess solar energy why don't they invest in water desalination and pump that water back upstream?

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Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

I think these are valid arguments but I also think you’ve dismissed one key point by simply saying it’s too expensive. That is, pumping fresh water back upstream. If you were to properly consider the problem the actual cost would be determined by cost penile and you essentially decide the distance by which ever you are budgeted for.

I never specified that California would be the best place to implement this process. Hopefully as solar becomes more widely adopted these areas could be decided by idea conditions.

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