ThefuzzyFurryComrade@pawb.socialM to Fuck AI@lemmy.world · 1 month agoAI Is Accelerating the Loss of Our Scarcest Natural Resource: Waterwww.forbes.comexternal-linkmessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up1276arrow-down18
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minus-squarejumping_redditor@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 month 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-down1·1 month agoWhere would the salt go?
minus-squarejumping_redditor@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agobrine evaporation ponds
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month 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-up2·1 month agoSell it for cheap to barbecue houses
minus-squareMonkeyTown@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoSea salt as a food additive would get cheaper probably.
minus-squarejumping_redditor@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·1 month agolast I checked salt mining is still an industry
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