Water Wars - The Coming Global Water Crisis (2-Sept-11)(THE ENVIRONMENT series - Water)

[YttriusHolm]

water desalination does NOT solve these problems... but rather creates tremendous additional ones due to CO2 release from the plant's power consumption and due to the creation of a heavy-metal-rich toxic salt water brine that is discharged into the sea and that stabilizes as an anoxic toxic highly saline deep water mass.

[DragonDude180]

Why can't they just use salt water?! Australia does it. Yes it very expensive but it better than millions of people dying.

[BEANPOLE111]

@DragonDude180 You answered your own question - it is very expensive

[Devilock79]

Here's an experiment for everyone to try. Go to your local gas station and check how much 1 liter of gas is. Then go inside and see how much a 500ml bottle of water is. Where I live it's 1.49 euros for 1 liter of gas and about 1.20 for 1/2 liter of water.

[saulksd98]

Water Distillation: problem solved