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Could concentrated solar power solve our energy needs and rescue us from the impending water shortage crisis? Check out: "http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_energy#Desalination_and_disinfection"
Concentrated solar power heats water to steam, moving turbines to create electricity. This could be done with sea water to desalinize it.
More energy and more water for consumption and agriculture?
just_wondering wrote:
Could concentrated solar power solve our energy needs and rescue us from the impending water shortage crisis? Check out:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_energy#Desalination_and_disinfection>
Note that the references are to large scale systems, such as might be undertaken by government-size entities. As a practical matter, what kind of timeline do you envision for widespread implementation of these systems?
Concentrated solar power heats water to steam, moving turbines to create electricity. This could be done with sea water to desalinize it.
With a large enough installation, you can do nearly anything that might be done with coal, gas, or nuclear power. I think you'll see as much resistance to investment here as with the conventional options, but I'd be glad to be shown wrong...
More energy and more water for consumption and agriculture?
Yup, yup, yup. The questions are "when?" and "at what cost?" and "who's going to make sure that the most appropriate solutions are implemented?". Good luck on finding answers to any of these questions.
There's a tendancy to wait for someone else to produce the "magic bullet" rather than involving oneself in producing smaller, more managable local solutions - with the expected lack of results.
-- Morris Dovey DeSoto Solar DeSoto, Iowa USA http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/
"just_wondering" wrote in message
Could concentrated solar power solve our energy needs and rescue us from the impending water shortage crisis? Check out: "http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_energy#Desalination_and_disinfection"
Concentrated solar power heats water to steam, moving turbines to create electricity. This could be done with sea water to desalinize it.
More energy and more water for consumption and agriculture?
Although, the site is partially in Dutch, you can find a lot of information about CSP and desalinisation on: http://www.gezen.nl/wordpress/?page_id=211
regards, Jan
In article <a09d9ff5-ce82-4e59-b78a- 551e278d18b2@m3g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>, shanecandoit@gmail.com says...
Could concentrated solar power solve our energy needs and rescue us from the impending water shortage crisis? Check out: "http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_energy#Desalination_and_disinfection"
Concentrated solar power heats water to steam, moving turbines to create electricity. This could be done with sea water to desalinize it.
More energy and more water for consumption and agriculture?
Salt water is very corrosive. Which would create problems for the intake system on the steam turbine. Also, you would need a way to get the left over salt out of the machinery.
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