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Can this be the answer to our water problems...

Discussion in 'Science' started by OldManOnFire, Jun 13, 2014.

  1. OldManOnFire

    OldManOnFire Well-Known Member

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    OldManOnFire, Jun 13, 2014
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    Better off mining the Ice on Europa.....probably an easier feat.


    Desalination.
     
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    Current technology is not relative to this because even if there are vast amounts of water deep in Earth, it would be decades or a century before we attempt to access the water.

    Just like on Earth's surface, in which the land, oceans and atmosphere are interconnected, in which changes to any one of them effects the others, gotta wonder what happens if we start extracting copious amounts of water from deep in Earth? What repercussions might this have?
     
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    I'm thinking if there is water deep in Earth, it's more about knowing it is there, and having it as an option, than it is going after it with today's technology.

    On the drawing board is a huge desalination plant in San Diego...I hope this project can be completed...
     
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    Meanwhile, the upper Midwest, particularly Mn and Wi, have been in and out of flood warnings for a few weeks. Lakes are 2' higher than normal and folks are battening down docks on lakes to keep them from floating away.
     
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    1 degree F. per 70 feet or about 75 degrees F. per mile.
     
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    Distribution of potable water is part of the problem throughout the world and in the USA. As I've advocated many times I think we need 1000's more reservoirs in the USA, but equally important is distributing potable water wherever it is needed...canals/pipelines to everywhere...
     
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    The pressure would change the boiling point (and melting point) of water drastically.
     
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    Don't count on water from aquifers...
    :confusion:
    ... by now most are polluted.
    :omg:
     
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    I was wondering about radiation which is abundant from the Earth's core...radiation basically creates the heat...and wondered if this same radiation would contaminate water reservoirs located closer to the core. I guess I'll need to watch the movie 'Journey to the Center of the Earth' in order to better understand what's going on down there...
     
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