Comment on Japanese Power Plant Turns Saltwater Into Electricity
rumschlumpel@feddit.org 3 weeks agoIf they’re mostly using electricity or even combustion to evaporate the water (as opposed to sunlight), there’s no chance that the concentrated saltwater creates more electricity than it costs.
Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
They’re using brine from a reverse osmosis plans and wastewater, so yes, that is indeed the case.
rumschlumpel@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Far cry from “perpetual free energy scheme”, though.
Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I don’t think anyone claimed it was.
Jason2357@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
It’s the misleading “generated” electricity headline. It just re-captures some of the spent energy to be slightly more efficient.
skisnow@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
It seems like every other top level reply in this thread is people poking holes in it based on their personal speculation about the details.