On Sunday, April 12, 2015 at 1:14:39 AM UTC-4, 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.

(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.

"The most efficient seawater reverse osmosis system tested so far is the Affordable Desalination Collaboration's pilot plant tested in Port Hueneme... [California ]

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