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bigfondue@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

They knew you could, but mostly didn’t because it takes a ton of energy to boil off water. There was no petroleum, no coal, so you would need a bunch of wood. So you use a bunch of wood to boil a liter of ocean water and you would get about 35 grams of salt. It just wasn’t worth it.

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