End of the road for Lake Mead??
Quote: gordonm888One problem with desalination of ocean water is the brine - the salt -that is left behind. It is nasty stuff, chemically inimical to life, and becomes surprisingly massive very quickly. Think literally mountains of brine. Wouldn't social justice principles require us to pile up the brine in Arizona and Nevada because these are the people who would benefit from the desalinated water?
Or maybe the mountains of brine should be shipped to Massachusetts where those evil, loathsome Bostonians - the pustulent satan-spawn of vermanity - roll around naked while lusting for lettuce. Why do Arizonians allow such effete lettuce-lusters to live? Surely, it is righteous for Arizonians to hate and hate and hate.*
Seriously, the villains of the western water situation are:
- the families and corporations that converted the deserts of California into vast water-gulping farms.
- the people who converted the deserts of Nevada and Arizona into dense population centers (Vegas, Phoenix, Tucson). It is not helpful to characterize the sun as the problem, it's the lack of plant life/vegetation in the area which would raise the humidity and lead to clouds - which would in turn solve the evaporation problem.
*This is satire, satirizing the tone of billryans post.
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Speaking as a pustulent satan-spawn of vermanity, evil, loathsome Bostonian, we cut down on our lettuce consumption due to the poop parasite.
Speaking as a pustulent satan-spawn of vermanity, evil, loathsome Bostonian, we are one fo the few areas of the country not in a drought. https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/
The solution? Bring back beavers to their natural habitat. Let them build damns to hold back water allowing shrubs and trees to grow back around rivers and streams and beaver ponds.
The solution? Green energy powered desalination plants and pumps to deliver the water to where it is needed,
The solution? The North American Water and Power Alliance. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Water_and_Power_Alliance
Quote: AZDuffmanQuote: HunterhillWould the brine be good for salting the roads, they use alot of salt in the northeast
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No. It would mean pouring a liquid all over the roads. Problematic for multiple reasons.
We have found uses for other waste products, it is just a matter of researching what could be done with it. Chlorine for pools seems a logical thing if you could break the chemical bond. Also for other cleaning uses.
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They literally already spray salt-water all over the roadways for de-icing.
https://sensorex.com/salt-brine-for-roads-liquid-deicing/
Quote: DieterQuote: AZDuffmanQuote: HunterhillWould the brine be good for salting the roads, they use alot of salt in the northeast
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No. It would mean pouring a liquid all over the roads. Problematic for multiple reasons.
We have found uses for other waste products, it is just a matter of researching what could be done with it. Chlorine for pools seems a logical thing if you could break the chemical bond. Also for other cleaning uses.
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They literally already spray salt-water all over the roadways for de-icing.
https://sensorex.com/salt-brine-for-roads-liquid-deicing/
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Still looks like a very bad idea. Well, good for Ziebart.......
