Dying croplands and dehydrated people are expensive too. We can somehow afford to build crude oil pipelines from Canada to Houston Texas, but desalination is always “too expensive”.
It’s just a matter of priorities. California built a desalination plant in the 90s but then mothballed it. Thankfully they’ve come to their senses, refurbished it, and opened a number of additional plants since then.
Dying croplands and dehydrated people are expensive too. We can somehow afford to build crude oil pipelines from Canada to Houston Texas, but desalination is always “too expensive”.
It’s just a matter of priorities. California built a desalination plant in the 90s but then mothballed it. Thankfully they’ve come to their senses, refurbished it, and opened a number of additional plants since then.
https://californiacurated.com/2025/03/13/salt-to-salvation-the-desalination-revolution-in-californias-drought-battle/
Thanks, point noted. I’ll give this a read later