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		nwiswell on July 23, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why don't we get our drinking water by taking salt... It's still significant if it means that your desalination plant is only active 50% of the time, since it means you need twice the capacity.

grej on July 23, 2023 [–]

True. This condition only holds in situations where the energy costs dominate the physical plant costs

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