Why do you think it doesn’t scale well? The ocean isn’t going to run out of water, and Texas being huge only means it’s easier to find space for all the solar power you would need.
I’m also curious about what you think the alternative is.
I don’t know the solution as I haven’t done the math. But the alternative is piping water from another location. You’d have to weigh the fixed cost infrastructure and electrical power costs against one another.
Texas is f-ing huge.
I think desalination plants don’t scale well.
Why do you think it doesn’t scale well? The ocean isn’t going to run out of water, and Texas being huge only means it’s easier to find space for all the solar power you would need.
I’m also curious about what you think the alternative is.
Doesn’t Texas have a lot of oil? Just let them
eat cakedrink oil.I don’t know the solution as I haven’t done the math. But the alternative is piping water from another location. You’d have to weigh the fixed cost infrastructure and electrical power costs against one another.