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Environment & Energy

oldandhappy

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1. WOW Thank you

Reply to nationalize the fed (Original post)

Sun May 4, 2014, 01:51 PM

May 2014

So many! Good for you all you countries moving ahead with this. Delighted to see this. Thank you for the post and for all the good news. We are getting a small one here in the northern part of San Diego County in southern CA.

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Desalination around the world- how other countries are making fresh water from the ocean [View all] nationalize the fed May 2014 OP

WOW Thank you oldandhappy May 2014 #1

Simply amazing list Demeter May 2014 #2

It takes a lot of energy to desalinate seawater. hunter May 2014 #3

And there are other drawbacks bloomington-lib May 2014 #5

I didn't realize there were so many drawbacks to it. polly7 May 2014 #6

There aren't. Some people don't ever want to solve problems nationalize the fed May 2014 #12

The good thing is that The2ndWheel May 2014 #14

Heh. hunter May 2014 #15

if that number is correct, what is the issue? quadrature May 2014 #7

There is a lot of upfront and maintenance costs. Santa Barbara mothballed theirs after 3 months... adirondacker May 2014 #8

That would be a fossil fueled or nuclear kilowatt hours? hunter May 2014 #11

Priorities nationalize the fed May 2014 #9

The question is: What needs to be done? hunter May 2014 #10

the alternatives are here now, just not accepted nationalize the fed May 2014 #13

"Humans have around 4 billion years" Nihil May 2014 #16

Amazing and hopeful! TYVM! nt. polly7 May 2014 #4