You can 'create' more water by desalination. The real problem is in energy. | Hacker News

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		tomerico on April 23, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Nobody lives here: the 5 million US census blocks ... You can 'create' more water by desalination. The real problem is in energy.

mnw21cam on April 23, 2014 [–]

Growing crops with desalinated water costs more for the energy to produce the water than the price of the crops grown. That's why desalinated water tends to only be used for domestic supply. The real problem is energy price.

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