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Solar-powered desalination system requires no extra batteries

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130 points bentocorp | 1 comments | 17 Nov 24 22:06 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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bastloing ◴[18 Nov 24 13:06 UTC] No.42171982[source]▶
That's great news! Now if they can solve the same problem with sea water, California, Arizona and Nevada can reduce their reliance on the Colorado river and grow more crops. It is only a matter of time before it's solved. Great work, MIT!
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fred_is_fred ◴[18 Nov 24 14:28 UTC] No.42172543[source]▶
Even if you could do this you'd have to pump the water back uphill to NV and AZ.
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1. itscrush ◴[18 Nov 24 18:05 UTC] No.42175064[source]▶
No, start with modifying the Colorado River Compact and other underlying agreements to allow more upstream retention than is currently allotted.