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		tshaddox on July 5, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why is desalination so difficult? Right, but that’s easy. If desalination only required lifting each unit of water a few inches we probably wouldn’t say it’s particularly difficult.

11101010001100 on July 5, 2023 [–]

Easy as in moving mass against a gravitational potential? Didn't know building a rocket was easy.

WJW on July 5, 2023 | [–]

Moving water against a gravitational potential has been done for literal millennia and no rocketry is required. A water pump will suffice.

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