Comment on Japanese Power Plant Turns Saltwater Into Electricity
rumschlumpel@feddit.org 2 months 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 2 months ago
They’re using brine from a reverse osmosis plans and wastewater, so yes, that is indeed the case.
rumschlumpel@feddit.org 2 months ago
Far cry from “perpetual free energy scheme”, though.
Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
I don’t think anyone claimed it was.
Jason2357@lemmy.ca 2 months 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 2 months 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.