Environment & Energy
In reply to the discussion: DU: Beware the Water Desalination Movement and it's Lies. [View all]pbmus
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I believe if you put hundreds of thousands of just about anything along the coast you would disrupt the coastal ecology ... You are the only one who has ever used the amount of hundreds or/of thousands ... do you realize how ridiculous that number is ... even hundreds has never ever been proposed ...!!!!
"Some methods of desalination, particularly in combination with evaporation ponds, solar stills, and condensation trap (solar desalination), do not discharge brine. They do not use chemicals in their processes nor the burning of fossil fuels. They do not work with membranes or other critical parts, such as components that include heavy metals, thus do not cause toxic waste (and high maintenance).
A new approach that works like a solar still, but on the scale of industrial evaporation ponds is the integrated biotectural system.[46] It can be considered "full desalination" because it converts the entire amount of saltwater intake into distilled water. One of the unique advantages of this type of solar-powered desalination is the feasibility for inland operation. Standard advantages also include no air pollution from desalination power plants and no temperature increase of endangered natural water bodies from power plant cooling-water discharge. Another important advantage is the production of sea salt for industrial and other uses. Currently, 50% of the world's sea salt production still relies on fossil energy sources."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desalination