A severe heatwave is ongoing in Europe. Temperature records broken in France, Switzerland, Germany and Spain.
On 11 July 2023, the Land Surface Temperature (LST) in some areas of Extremadura (Spain) exceeded 60°C, as highlighted in this data visualisation derived from measurements from the Copernicus Sentinel-3 Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer (SLSTR) instrument. The ongoing heatwave in Spain this week is resulting in a total of 13 autonomous communities, being at extreme risk (red alert), significant risk (orange alert), and risk (yellow alert) due to maximum temperatures that, in some cases, will exceed 40°C and reach a maximum of 43°C.
For reference, “in areas where vegetation is dense, the land surface temperature never rises above 35°C. The hottest land surface temperatures on Earth are in plant-free desert landscapes.”
Oh cool, and how much energy does that desalination cost? And how do we generate that power?
Solar and eolic. The cost of which is dropping all the time. As soon as it’s economically viable then desalination is a good idea. Especially if sodium ion battery tech pans out
https://www.electrive.com/2023/04/21/catl-and-byd-to-use-sodium-ion-batteries-in-evs-this-year/
Oh, wonderful! So third world, developing nations — who will need the water the most— will definitely all have access to not only large scale, very expensive tech (that doesn’t even really exist yet) for desalination, but also the money, technology, and infrastructure to power all of it with renewable energy.
That’s definitely how the world works.
A greenhouse and a pump aren’t exactly high tech
Oh, so you don’t even know how desalination works. If it were that cheap and easy, we would all be fucking doing it already, dumbass.
Maybe go learn something while the adults talk babe
https://www.sgsomaliland.com/story