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		jschveibinz on Aug 26, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: ASK HN: Why are we not doing large scale desalinat... I believe that if it really comes to it, as in “the reservoirs are dry” and human survival depends on it, then desal will be done whether people want to argue about it or not.

ThinkBeat on Aug 26, 2022 [–]

That is more or less how much I was thinking about it.

I do think that we are nearing that stage. Of course, millions of people are already at that stage but they are apparently not worth it.

Since it will take time to build it out starting now would be sensible.

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