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Old 01-22-2020, 02:21 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard View Post
I like that Zack and Jessie are thought provoking; but they are not always right, by any stretch. In this video, I think their points about desalinization are not accurate - though there are solar powered systems, that are very promising. Traditional desalinization produces a LOT of super saturated brine, that is a BIG pollution problem; that pretty much eliminate any permanent installations.
If nothing else,the 'new' salt produces chlorine and bromine which attack atmospheric ozone,carried as aeolian dust by Earth's boundary layer,plus convective mixing in gaseous phase,all the way to the stratosphere,reacting chemically within the atmosphere all along the way.
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