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minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down2·1 month agoI’m pretty sure desalinization doesn’t scale. The salt needs to go somewhere.
minus-squarebountygiver [any]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month 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-up5·1 month agoI feel like those tournaments usually have more salt than they can handle already…
minus-squarejumping_redditor@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month 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-up2arrow-down1·1 month agoWhere would the salt go?
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month 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-up2·1 month agoSea salt as a food additive would get cheaper probably.
minus-squareSloganLessons@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoSell it for cheap to barbecue houses
minus-squarejumping_redditor@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agolast I checked salt mining is still an industry
minus-squareFuckFascism@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 month agoWhy not just put it back in the fucking ocean?
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month 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.
minus-squareFuckFascism@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoWell yeah I imagine airplanes would be used
minus-squareTaleya@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month 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.
minus-squareFuckFascism@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoYes but rain fall would mitigate this would it not?
minus-squareTaleya@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoUnfortunately not. It’s actually a real problem
minus-squareFuckFascism@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoFuck. Maybe we could just eat the salt…
I’m pretty sure desalinization doesn’t scale. The salt needs to go somewhere.
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
Why not just put it back in the fucking ocean?
Because that’s kills fish
How?
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.
Well yeah I imagine airplanes would be used
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.
Yes but rain fall would mitigate this would it not?
Unfortunately not. It’s actually a real problem
Fuck. Maybe we could just eat the salt…