Comment on Japanese Power Plant Turns Saltwater Into Electricity
rumschlumpel@feddit.org 2 days 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 days ago
They’re using brine from a reverse osmosis plans and wastewater, so yes, that is indeed the case.
rumschlumpel@feddit.org 2 days ago
Far cry from “perpetual free energy scheme”, though.
Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
I don’t think anyone claimed it was.
Jason2357@lemmy.ca 1 day 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 days 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.