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bombcar | on: The Los Angeles Aqueduct Is Wild
I wonder at what point the up-front costs of massive desalination would overcome the (often hidden and externalized) costs of projects like this.
JumpCrisscross | parent | next
> the up-front costs of massive desalination

Desalination is dominated by operating costs.

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kjkjadksj | parent
I don’t think the brine pollutant issue has been meaningfully solved. You are also now pumping water inland uphill the whole way.
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