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SatanLifeProTips t1_j21iakn wrote

Reply to comment by Surur in UIUC Researchers propose a new way to get fresh water from seawater, without the disadvantages of traditional desalination. They say that a vertical “capture surface” that is 210 m wide and 100 m tall, could extract enough vapor floating above warm oceans to supply 500,000 people with freshwater by lughnasadh

Since a storm would wipe that off the face of the earth, desalination is absolutely cheaper when you look at the cost over 20 years.

Brine buildup is only an issue in places like the black sea. Anywhere with open, circulating ocean and water currents is fine (most ocean sources).

Maybe put the discharge pipe a half a kilometre offshore and you are golden.

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