Another obama pipe dream hoax.
“a 6,500-square foot system that is capable of producing around 10 gallons of freshwater a minute, or roughly 14,000 of freshwater each day.”
The above figure assumes the sun is shinning 23 hours a day: in reality solar only works well for about 8 hours a day. So, in reality, it’s going to take about a 20,000 square foot unit for 14,000 gallons a day. For an acre foot of water per day then, it will take a 47,000 square foot system.
The Carlsbad plant will produce 46,000 acre feet per day, which means the solar system will require 2,162,000,000 square feet of installation of panels, or 274 square miles of solar panels to equal the $1 billion Carlsbad plant. Anybody want to guess how many trillions of dollars it would cost to build 274 square miles of solar panels?
Well done. Also, if they put the plant near the farms they’ll be using farm land to produce water instead of food. Solar technology isn’t as advanced as the desalination seems to be. And, being California I have no doubt the eco-nazis will find a reason why it can’t be used. I’m hearing stories of entire towns with dry wells where water is being trucked in every day and towns along I-5 running out of water for several hours a day requiring businesses to close. We are the new dust bowl and most of it is man made. This idea is not the solution. Too little too late.
The above figure assumes the sun is shinning 23 hours a day: in reality solar only works well for about 8 hours a day. So, in reality, it’s going to take about a 20,000 square foot unit for 14,000 gallons a day. For an acre foot of water per day then, it will take a 47,000 square foot system.
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Yeah I thought some of the numbers were funny too but if you look upthread to the beginning, you’ll notice that I posted a link to the sundrop farms in australia which uses similiar technology to heat and water a greenhouse along one of their desert coasts. they plan to scale up considerably in the next year or two,.