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yes but the Carbon footprint will be increased by 180 kgs per 60, 000 of water and that equates to a full tank of gasoline, however, that is less than travelling from Perth to Sydney!
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On the other foot, the construction cost are very large, the running costs are big and on-going, and there is still resitance from the neighbors on the impact on the local community from construction and also from have a large, noisy, operating 24/7, industrial size building stuck on your local beach betwen the houses bought for the ocean view and the ocean.
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Desalination is expensive because it requires what?
Desalination requires a lot of of energy or electricity, which makes it expensive.
Is desalination expensive because it requires a lot of energy?
yes
Desalination is expensive because it requires?
It is expensive because if requires a great deal of energy or electricity.
Is desalination important?
Yes. The Earth's water is running out and we need new ways to take water and make it fresh. There are many forms of desalination, but many are very expensive. Less than 1% of the Earth's water is fresh and many people are polluting the very little water we have.
How expensive is desalination?
Depending on the size of the desalination plant and where it is being built it can cost Millions of Dollars to buid but seem to produce very clean water for between US$0.49 and US0.53 per cubic meter. The costs are coming down, the quality is going up and the choises available are getting wider.
