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New Power Plant Produces Both Energy & Fresh Water
joshmccormack writes "An article in Sunday's New York Times (Free Reg, mah peeps) tells of how Japanese scientists have found a way to make fresh water and energy from temperature differences in ocean water. This may change the rules of what land is considered habitable, and the value of energy." Fascinating stuff, next step is rumored to be beer and power.
I heard that in America Beer is less tasty than water.
Fresh water and clean energy? Sounds awfully unamerican and likely to support terrorism.
You measure your coastlines in mules? Hmmm... how many Libraries of Congress per hogshead do your mules get?
Yes, but I think we all remember what happened last time the Japanes messed around with power plants. That's right: Godzilla. With Mothra defeated and major military forces otherwise occupied, the situation looks grim! Beware the denizens of the deep!
pumping, processing and discharging a volume of water equal to the flow of the Colorado River into the Pacific Ocean
Is there any water left anymore in the Colorado by the time it hits the ocean? I was under the impression that the Colorado River flowed into toilets, mostly.
GF
Lots of petrified grits