Do folks here understand the expense and energy use associated with desalination plants?

[JDPriestly]

171. Another reason to desalinate water is the increasing quantity of water in the oceans -- salinated

water. Before the development of the steam engine and then the gasoline engine, anyone would have said we were crazy to think that one day we would have pipelines bring gas and oil to us so that we could fuel rocket ships, cars and even our homes.

It will happen, and it will be reasonable in price. The alternative which is the loss of a lot of food due to the loss of of agricultural land will eventually be even more expensive for us. Food will probably rise in price. On the other hand, some of our energy sources will become less expensive. The folly is to assume that our present reality will remain reality in the future. The one thing constant is change. This will change. There are many reasons to desalinate water even if it does seem to be prohibitively expensive now. The idea that we would build freeways and drive our cars on them would have seemed preposterously expensive to someone living in 1860. It's a matter of will, effort, investment and time. It will happen. We should work toward making it happen.