ThefuzzyFurryComrade@pawb.socialM to Fuck AI@lemmy.world · 11 months agoAI Is Accelerating the Loss of Our Scarcest Natural Resource: Waterwww.forbes.comexternal-linkmessage-square48linkfedilinkarrow-up1276arrow-down18
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minus-squareSerinus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up29·11 months agoRelatively easy, but expensive, problem to solve. We have all the salt water you need. Build nuclear plants and desalinate. Stop allowing them to use the Colorado River.
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down2·11 months agoI’m pretty sure desalinization doesn’t scale. The salt needs to go somewhere.
minus-squareSaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up15·11 months agoAnd it takes a lot of energy
minus-squarebountygiver [any]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 months agowe can use them for some sort of project like building a pyramid out of salt, and it will become the perfect venue to host league of legends tournaments.
minus-squaredeltapi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 months agoI feel like those tournaments usually have more salt than they can handle already…
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minus-squarejumping redditor [they/them]@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·11 months agoit scales fine (roughly linear at large scale), people just don’t want to pay the energy cost because they think farms need cheap water.
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·11 months agoWhere would the salt go?
minus-squarejumping redditor [they/them]@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·11 months agobrine evaporation ponds
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoWhere does the salt go after the water evaporates from the brine? You can’t just dump it back in the ocean, the concentration destroys wildlife. Landfill? Salt deserts? It’s gotta go somewhere.
minus-squareMonkeyTown@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoSea salt as a food additive would get cheaper probably.
minus-squareSloganLessons@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoSell it for cheap to barbecue houses
minus-squarejumping redditor [they/them]@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·11 months agolast I checked salt mining is still an industry
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minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 months agoYou’re taking salt from a large volume and putting it in a small area all at once. It kills the fish I guess if the plan was to sprinkle the salt over miles and miles of ocean, that could work. But that’s ridiculous to implement.
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minus-squareTaleya@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months agoTake a bunch of salty water Remove most of the water for other purposes You now have to dispose of the same amount of salt, but less water. It’s hypersalinated, and toxic as fuck.
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minus-squareTaleya@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoUnfortunately not. It’s actually a real problem
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minus-squareLedericas@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·11 months agoseawater is not all saltwater, its a bunch of other chemicals in it too.
Relatively easy, but expensive, problem to solve. We have all the salt water you need. Build nuclear plants and desalinate.
Stop allowing them to use the Colorado River.
I’m pretty sure desalinization doesn’t scale. The salt needs to go somewhere.
And it takes a lot of energy
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we can use them for some sort of project like building a pyramid out of salt, and it will become the perfect venue to host league of legends tournaments.
I feel like those tournaments usually have more salt than they can handle already…
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it scales fine (roughly linear at large scale), people just don’t want to pay the energy cost because they think farms need cheap water.
Where would the salt go?
brine evaporation ponds
Where does the salt go after the water evaporates from the brine? You can’t just dump it back in the ocean, the concentration destroys wildlife.
Landfill? Salt deserts? It’s gotta go somewhere.
Sea salt as a food additive would get cheaper probably.
Sell it for cheap to barbecue houses
last I checked salt mining is still an industry
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Because that’s kills fish
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You’re taking salt from a large volume and putting it in a small area all at once. It kills the fish
I guess if the plan was to sprinkle the salt over miles and miles of ocean, that could work. But that’s ridiculous to implement.
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Take a bunch of salty water
Remove most of the water for other purposes
You now have to dispose of the same amount of salt, but less water. It’s hypersalinated, and toxic as fuck.
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Unfortunately not. It’s actually a real problem
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seawater is not all saltwater, its a bunch of other chemicals in it too.