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NYC_SKP

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1. Desalination Claptrap. I've been to the Carlsbad Desal Plant, it's pretty cool.

Reply to nationalize the fed (Original post)

Thu Jan 29, 2015, 04:14 PM

Jan 2015

It's right next to a Natural Gas plant which consumes a lot of sea water, so the sea water is already being gobbled up.

And desal is so energy-intensive, it's "smart" to be near a source of electricity.

Of course, the Carlsbad Poseidon desal plant is NOT solar.

I am, however, happy that with more water they'll steal less from the Sacramento San Joaquin Delta waterways and farms.

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Desalination Claptrap. I've been to the Carlsbad Desal Plant, it's pretty cool. NYC_SKP Jan 2015 #1

You're full of #Claptrap. It's boring. Have fun with your nattering nabobs of negativity nationalize the fed Jan 2015 #2

Other readers need facts, not horsefeathers. Nothing's free, my friend. Conserve water. The End. NYC_SKP Jan 2015 #3

Waste of money. We already have solar powered desalination technology. NYC_SKP Jan 2015 #4

Not wishing to derail this thread but thanks for posting that image and link. Nihil Jan 2015 #5

Sometimes simple is better! NYC_SKP Jan 2015 #6

I hope they're not talking just about drinking water, which is a tiny component of water needed NickB79 Jan 2015 #7