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Up to this point desalination has been an expensive proposition. I've seen rumors that the situation may be changing with new ways of doing it. It's only been an option in places where there isn't much other choice. One thing that may change that is that sea water contains a significant amount of lithium salts in addition to just plain salt. So if they can extract the lithium to use for batteries, that could offset the cost of getting the water out.
TGIF Nor Cal. The cost is the major drawback of the plants. In order to supply all of California, they would need a lot more than 12 plants. And they are not very efficient at this time.
I did a little bit of reading. The cost is primarily associated to energy. It takes a lot of electricity to process the water. Nuclear Desalination is a possibility. A lot of reading is available on the topic. But it comes down to public opinion. Can the voters be sold on it? A lot of fear. People are scared of nuclear.
On a lighter note, I heard from my mechanic this week. They got a Dana 40 rear axel housing and 4.09 heard to replace the boogered up one that was on it, but when they pulled the rear axels to transfer them across they were ready to leave me stranded. Knowing my luck, I’d have been in the back of beyond with no communication when it let go. Waiting on two new axels now. This is after the axel shop went MIA for a month. I’m hoping to get the Bronco back soon, so I. Can do my short drive running around in it rather than the 6.0 Diesel.
People may be afraid of nuclear, but it doesn't stop the military from powering aircraft carriers, and submarines with it. it would be nice to get more plants in California though, so maybe we can get a super salesman to sway public opinion.
Nuclear fusion is about as clean as it gets, and is closer to long term than most other power generation technologies. Only problem is that it's been 10 years in the future for the last 50 years.
I woke up this morning to my phone. Tsunami warning. The Kingdom of Tonga had a volcano erupt. The last tsunami we had here was the Fukushima nuclear accident. People remember stuff like that. Three Mile Island 1979, Chernobyl 1986, Fukushima 2011. That's probably the hardest sell. Nobody thinks about the nuclear plants that have been operating without incident. The public only thinks about the accidents. It only took 1 space shuttle to blow up, to set the space program back 50 years.
Public opinion and prejudice is far removed from reality. Planes and elevators are completely safe. Safer than walking. Nobody in a plane or elevator slips and falls, then hits their head on the pavement. Nor can they jaywalk in a plane or elevator, and get hit by a car. Admittedly, it's an unfair comparison. People have the idea that motorcycles are not safe, but in big cities, they push the idea that everyone should ride a bicycle. No way to compare those, versus public transportation. Online, there are a lot of dot-org and dot-com search results that say nuclear energy is safe. I believe that the designs for modern nuclear energy plants are engineered to be safe. I support nuclear power. I think the facilities should be installed in or near metropolitan areas so that the delivery of the power to the consumer is direct. Why make the energy over 100 miles away, and then still have to deliver the power? But other people would call me crazy for putting a nuclear reactor on Manhattan, or in downtown Los Angeles. I live in San Francisco, and I would support a nuclear power plant downtown. But I'm also a little bit to the far left when it comes to utilities. I think that there needs to be a socialized network of "public utilities". Nobody should have their heat turned off in the winter, or not have running water, because they are poor and can't pay the PG&E bill. But my own idea of socialized utilities is so far off the map, that no politician to the left or right would even consider it. Politicians would rather fight for or against medical care for all. Nobody cares about heat and running water for all. That would cut too far into bonuses for corporate officers, funds for lobbying, money spent on consulting firms for environmental impact studies for projects that will never come to fruition, and shareholder returns.
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