Desalination Plants. Isn't this infrastructure?

[vantexan]

Grind them up into dog food.

Well that's helpful.

 

[bacha29]

The main problem is cost, over 2x as compared to pumping the water from the river. Then the environmental wacko's get involved, processing seawater takes tremendous amounts of energy. Water bills will skyrocket!

Basically, you either filter the water with reverse osmosis, or you boil the water and condense the steam.

You are right in that regard. The bigger problem is how to dispose of all the salt brine that desalination generates. The problem is also increasing water demand for a growing population that the available supply was known for years to be limited to however deep the snow pack would be the previous winter. That's the dice California and the Western States was rolling and it now appears that they lost.

This problem was known to be on it's way clear back into the Johnson administration years when a bunch of California politicians and developers proposed building a 30 foot diameter overland pipeline to drain water out of Lake Michigan. That was until Canada showed them what the bear had been doing in the woods lately.

 

[Wally]

You are right in that regard. The bigger problem is how to dispose of all the salt brine that desalination generates. The problem is also increasing water demand for a growing population that the available supply was known for years to be limited to however deep the snow pack would be the previous winter. That's the dice California and the Western States was rolling and it now appears that they lost.

This problem was known to be on it's way clear back into the Johnson administration years when a bunch of California politicians and developers proposed building a 30 foot diameter overland pipeline to drain water out of Lake Michigan. That was until Canada showed them what the bear had been doing in the woods lately.

I thought with the brine you had to dilute it and send it back?

 

[Off the leash]

I thought with the brine you had to dilute it and send it back?

Ask the Israelis, they got desalination down pat!

 

[oldngray]

Ask the Israelis, they got desalination down pat!

So do Saudis and other Gulf states. Only way they can get enough fresh water.

 

[Off the leash]

So do Saudis and other Gulf states. Only way they can get enough fresh water.

Exactly, only the idiots in CA can’t figure out how to do it.

 

[Wally]

Exactly, only the idiots in CA can’t figure out how to do it.

Oh they know, don't want to pay.

First you need to borrow to build the plants, add on cost overruns, then operation costs. The cost per gallon will be through the roof.

Now, because water is so expensive, the poor and lazy will need subsidies to pay their water bill. Add another tax for that plus the extra tax ln burden on things like section 8 housing.

 

[cachmeifucan]

So California is running out of water. They want to take water from other states.....ultimately by force(Govt)(Gunpoint).

We never hear about desalination plants. All of the trillions and trillions spent on non-existent tech....like hydrogen......ironically.

With illegals pouring over the border(more mouths to water).

Why isn't Pelosi(Far Left Wing/Communist Democrat....from Cali.) demanding these desalination plants be made by the hundreds? Thousands?

We send aid to third world poop holes....but let our own people(sort of)....die of thirst? Pretty soon.....the people of Minnesota....well maybe not Minnesota.....will get tired of people from Somalia speaking for them....

Who remembers the great paul simon. Senator from il. He came to college of dupage around 1999. Talking about war now over oil but soon over fresh water. I think it takes around 4 gallons of salt water to make 1 gallon of fresh water. I think usa has to start using salt water instead of fresh water when we can.

 

[The Driver]

Exactly, only the idiots in CA can’t figure out how to do it.

5th largest economy in the world. It gives more to the Feds for them to redistribute to red states than it takes from the Feds.

What's your problem with California? Childish as usual.

 

[Old Man Jingles]

Is that an insult or a fact?

 

[The Driver]

You’re an idiot

Aww, in a red state? How do you enjoy those tax dollars from Commiefornia?

 

[Off the leash]

Is that an insult or a fact?

Fact

 

[The Driver]

Glad to see you managed to get the contraction correct this time.

 

[Off the leash]

Aww, in a red state? How do you enjoy those tax dollars from Commiefornia?

We don’t take your money *. California has the highest taxes in the country, gas is 4 bucks a gallon, so mismanaged it lost population! Even lost a Congress seat. People vote with their feet. That’s what Democrats do to a state when they run it, child.

 

[The Driver]

We don’t take your money *. California has the highest taxes in the country, gas is 4 bucks a gallon, so mismanaged it lost population! Even lost a Congress seat. People vote with their feet. That’s what Democrats do to a state when they run it, child.

"Your" money? I don't live in California.

Where do you think funds come from for a state like Mississippi or Kentucky when California sends more to the federal government than it receives? It's an interesting thought exercise, anyway.

CA's taxes are high, yes. But they stand on their own two feet most of the time, unlike Hillbilly Land. lol

 

[Off the leash]

"You're" money? I don't live in California.

Where do you think funds come from for a state like Mississippi or Kentucky when California sends more to the federal government than it receives? It's an interesting thought exercise, anyway.

CA's taxes are high, yes. But they stand on their own two feet most of the time, unlike Hillbilly Land. lol

Worry about facts not grammar, idiot

 

[The Driver]

Worry about facts not grammar, idiot

Ok. Help me with this, then. Does California pay more in to the federal government in taxes than it receives? Is that not a fact, buddy?

 

[bacha29]

I thought with the brine you had to dilute it and send it back?

There are plans to build nearly a dozen more along the West Coast If approved there's going to be a awful lot of salt brine dumped back into the ocean along the West Coast. The environmental impact over time is anyone's guess. And as you said that desal water is going to be damn expensive.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

There are plans to build nearly a dozen more along the West Coast If approved there's going to be a awful lot of salt brine dumped back into the ocean along the West Coast. The environmental impact over time is anyone's guess. And as you said that desal water is going to be damn expensive.

Water is going to be the next oil

 

[Wally]

Water is going to be the next oil

Plenty of water here. So much rain I'm mowing twice a week like it is early May!