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minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down2·2 months agoI’m pretty sure desalinization doesn’t scale. The salt needs to go somewhere.
minus-squareSaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up15·2 months agoAnd it takes a lot of energy
minus-squarebountygiver [any]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months 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-up5·2 months agoI feel like those tournaments usually have more salt than they can handle already…
minus-squarejumping_redditor@sh.itjust.workscakelinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months 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-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoWhere would the salt go?
minus-squarejumping_redditor@sh.itjust.workscakelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agobrine evaporation ponds
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months 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-squareSloganLessons@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoSell it for cheap to barbecue houses
minus-squareMonkeyTown@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoSea salt as a food additive would get cheaper probably.
minus-squarejumping_redditor@sh.itjust.workscakelinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·2 months agolast I checked salt mining is still an industry
minus-squareFuckFascism@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoWhy not just put it back in the fucking ocean?
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months 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-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoWell yeah I imagine airplanes would be used
minus-squareTaleya@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months 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-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoYes but rain fall would mitigate this would it not?
minus-squareTaleya@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoUnfortunately not. It’s actually a real problem
minus-squareFuckFascism@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoFuck. Maybe we could just eat the salt…
I’m pretty sure desalinization doesn’t scale. The salt needs to go somewhere.
And it takes a lot of energy
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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.
Sell it for cheap to barbecue houses
Sea salt as a food additive would get cheaper probably.
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…