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Comment on Japanese Power Plant Turns Saltwater Into Electricity

If 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.

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Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
They’re using brine from a reverse osmosis plans and wastewater, so yes, that is indeed the case.

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- rumschlumpel@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Far cry from “perpetual free energy scheme”, though.
  
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  - Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    I don’t think anyone claimed it was.
    
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    Jason2357@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    It’s the misleading “generated” electricity headline. It just re-captures some of the spent energy to be slightly more efficient.
    
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    skisnow@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.
    
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