Comment on Student project consumes 17% of energy of traditional desalination plants

• AnonymousBaba@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  water should be free

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  • EhList@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    How do we cover the expense of extracting and purifying it?

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    • AnonymousBaba@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      tax ?

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      • Starbuck@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Okay, so I’m a government that has collected $1 billion in taxes, do I choose the solution that provides water to 1 million people or 2 million people at the same cost.

        Having a price tag isn’t just a feature of capitalism, it represents effort and labor. Even if we didn’t have money, we would be deciding if we should spend our villagers’ time building the water purification system that provides water to half the village or the one that provides to the whole village.

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