On Sat, 11 Apr 2015 22:15:04 -0700, Larry Jaques
wrote:

On Sat, 11 Apr 2015 13:01:04 -0500, F. George McDuffee
wrote:

More global drought/water shortage info

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...ater-shortages

Two take-aways:

(1) The PRC takes action and does not just talk - talk -
talk.

That's because they'll throw you in prison if you object -- and
they'll beat you senseless, first.

There's a lot fot be said for the efficiency of communist
dictatorships--in terms of making people comply, that is.

--
Ed Huntress


(2) Given the energy required for desalinization, even by
reverse osmosis, it appears the PRC has made a breakthrough
on LF/MSTR [Liquid Fluoride/Molten Salt Thorium Reactor]
design and deployment. The brine produced by reverse
osmosis can also be a useful industrial input/resource.

According to the Poseidon desal project in San Diego, it's only a 33%
boost in salt. Not that briny.